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| -rw-r--r-- | cmd/podman/common.go | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/podman-create.1.md | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/podman-run.1.md | 12 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common.go b/cmd/podman/common.go index b02aa5990..8aca08248 100644 --- a/cmd/podman/common.go +++ b/cmd/podman/common.go @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func getCreateFlags(c *cliconfig.PodmanCommand) { ) createFlags.Bool( "http-proxy", true, - "Set proxy environment variables in container based on the host proxy vars", + "Set proxy environment variables in the container based on the host proxy vars", ) createFlags.String( "image-volume", cliconfig.DefaultImageVolume, diff --git a/docs/podman-create.1.md b/docs/podman-create.1.md index 884a8adcc..e097a753a 100644 --- a/docs/podman-create.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-create.1.md @@ -250,7 +250,17 @@ By default proxy environment variables are passed into the container if set for the podman process. This can be disabled by setting the `--http-proxy` option to `false`. The environment variables passed in include `http_proxy`, `https_proxy`, `ftp_proxy`, `no_proxy`, and also the upper case versions of -those. +those. This option is only needed when the host system must use a proxy but +the container should not use any proxy. Proxy environment variables specified +for the container in any other way will override the values that would have +been passed thru from the host. (Other ways to specify the proxy for the +container include passing the values with the `--env` flag, or hardcoding the +proxy environment at container build time.) + +For example, to disable passing these environment variables from host to +container: + +`--http-proxy=false` Defaults to `true` diff --git a/docs/podman-run.1.md b/docs/podman-run.1.md index a0c17652a..5bc32ad52 100644 --- a/docs/podman-run.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-run.1.md @@ -257,7 +257,17 @@ By default proxy environment variables are passed into the container if set for the podman process. This can be disabled by setting the `--http-proxy` option to `false`. The environment variables passed in include `http_proxy`, `https_proxy`, `ftp_proxy`, `no_proxy`, and also the upper case versions of -those. +those. This option is only needed when the host system must use a proxy but +the container should not use any proxy. Proxy environment variables specified +for the container in any other way will override the values that would have +been passed thru from the host. (Other ways to specify the proxy for the +container include passing the values with the `--env` flag, or hardcoding the +proxy environment at container build time.) + +For example, to disable passing these environment variables from host to +container: + +`--http-proxy=false` Defaults to `true` |