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author | Aditya Rajan <arajan@redhat.com> | 2021-12-28 16:02:25 +0530 |
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committer | Aditya R <arajan@redhat.com> | 2022-01-28 13:10:15 +0530 |
commit | e64e6500d3a3bdbb2d3c9faa5e2d9d845f120b17 (patch) | |
tree | 21f9548d8b1c880359a44a2c2357d31a0452f442 /docs/source | |
parent | 5b01dab618fc287df4e6c41fa88c4a64d31fa3f3 (diff) | |
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volume: add support for non-volatile upperdir,workdir for overlay volumes
Often users want their overlayed volumes to be `non-volatile` in nature
that means that same `upper` dir can be re-used by one or more
containers but overall of nature of volumes still have to be `overlay`
so work done is still on a overlay not on the actual volume.
Following PR adds support for more advanced options i.e custom `workdir`
and `upperdir` for overlayed volumes. So that users can re-use `workdir`
and `upperdir` across new containers as well.
Usage
```console
$ podman run -it -v myvol:/data:O,upperdir=/path/persistant/upper,workdir=/path/persistant/work alpine sh
```
Signed-off-by: Aditya R <arajan@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md index 241cb6d95..59f36f67d 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md @@ -1394,6 +1394,10 @@ directory will be the lower, and the container storage directory will be the upper. Modifications to the mount point are destroyed when the container finishes executing, similar to a tmpfs mount point being unmounted. + For advanced users overlay option also supports custom non-volatile `upperdir` and `workdir` +for the overlay mount. Custom `upperdir` and `workdir` can be fully managed by the users themselves +and `podman` will not remove it on lifecycle completion. Example `:O,upperdir=/some/upper,workdir=/some/work` + Subsequent executions of the container will see the original source directory content, any changes from previous container executions no longer exist. |