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diff --git a/docs/podman-volume-create.1.md b/docs/podman-volume-create.1.md index 6612b0ad2..b354f396f 100644 --- a/docs/podman-volume-create.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-volume-create.1.md @@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ Set metadata for a volume (e.g., --label mykey=value). **-o**, **--opt**=*option* Set driver specific options. +For the default driver, `local`, this allows a volume to be configured to mount a filesystem on the host. +For the `local` driver the following options are supported: `type`, `device`, and `o`. +The `type` option sets the type of the filesystem to be mounted, and is equivalent to the `-t` flag to **mount(8)**. +The `device` option sets the device to be mounted, and is equivalent to the `device` argument to **mount(8)**. +The `o` option sets options for the mount, and is equivalent to the `-o` flag to **mount(8)** with two exceptions. +The `o` option supports `uid` and `gid` options to set the UID and GID of the created volume that are not normally supported by **mount(8)**. +Using volume options with the `local` driver requires root privileges. ## EXAMPLES @@ -40,11 +47,13 @@ $ podman volume create $ podman volume create --label foo=bar myvol -$ podman volume create --opt device=tmpfs --opt type=tmpfs --opt o=nodev,noexec myvol +# podman volume create --opt device=tmpfs --opt type=tmpfs --opt o=nodev,noexec myvol + +# podman volume create --opt device=tmpfs --opt type=tmpfs --opt o=uid=1000,gid=1000 testvol ``` ## SEE ALSO -podman-volume(1) +podman-volume(1), mount(8) ## HISTORY November 2018, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com> |