3 files changed, 48 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pod_create.go b/cmd/podman/pod_create.go
index 6975c9386..f5bb29c35 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pod_create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pod_create.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/libpodruntime"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/shared"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -116,29 +117,11 @@ func podCreateCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	if c.BoolT("pause") {
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithPauseContainer())
-		for _, toShare := range strings.Split(c.String("share"), ",") {
-			switch toShare {
-			case "net":
-				options = append(options, libpod.WithPodNet())
-			case "mnt":
-				//options = append(options, libpod.WithPodMNT())
-				logrus.Debug("Mount Namespace sharing functionality not supported")
-			case "pid":
-				options = append(options, libpod.WithPodPID())
-			case "user":
-				// Note: more set up needs to be done before this doesn't error out a create.
-				logrus.Debug("User Namespace sharing functionality not supported")
-			case "ipc":
-				options = append(options, libpod.WithPodIPC())
-			case "uts":
-				options = append(options, libpod.WithPodUTS())
-			case "":
-			case "none":
-				continue
-			default:
-				return errors.Errorf("Invalid kernel namespace to share: %s. Options are: %s, or none", toShare, strings.Join(libpod.KernelNamespaces, ","))
-			}
+		nsOptions, err := shared.GetNamespaceOptions(strings.Split(c.String("share"), ","))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+		options = append(options, nsOptions...)
 	}
 
 	// always have containers use pod cgroups
diff --git a/cmd/podman/shared/pod.go b/cmd/podman/shared/pod.go
index c660bcf9e..99f9f6031 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/shared/pod.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/shared/pod.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package shared
 
 import (
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -60,3 +61,35 @@ func GetPodStatus(pod *libpod.Pod) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return created, nil
 }
+
+// GetNamespaceOptions transforms a slice of kernel namespaces
+// into a slice of pod create options. Currently, not all
+// kernel namespaces are supported, and they will be returned in an error
+func GetNamespaceOptions(ns []string) ([]libpod.PodCreateOption, error) {
+	var options []libpod.PodCreateOption
+	var erroredOptions []libpod.PodCreateOption
+	for _, toShare := range ns {
+		switch toShare {
+		case "net":
+			options = append(options, libpod.WithPodNet())
+		case "mnt":
+			//options = append(options, libpod.WithPodMNT())
+			return erroredOptions, errors.Errorf("Mount sharing functionality not supported on pod level")
+		case "pid":
+			options = append(options, libpod.WithPodPID())
+		case "user":
+			// Note: more set up needs to be done before this doesn't error out a create.
+			return erroredOptions, errors.Errorf("User sharing functionality not supported on pod level")
+		case "ipc":
+			options = append(options, libpod.WithPodIPC())
+		case "uts":
+			options = append(options, libpod.WithPodUTS())
+		case "":
+		case "none":
+			return erroredOptions, nil
+		default:
+			return erroredOptions, errors.Errorf("Invalid kernel namespace to share: %s. Options are: net, pid, ipc, uts or none", toShare)
+		}
+	}
+	return options, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
index cd75b3b5f..5c122d86f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
+++ b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
@@ -335,10 +335,15 @@ type ListPodContainerInfo (
 )
 
 # PodCreate is an input structure for creating pods.
+# It emulates options to podman pod create, however
+# changing pause image name and pause container
+# is not currently supported
 type PodCreate (
     name: string,
     cgroupParent: string,
-    labels: [string]string
+    labels: [string]string,
+    share: []string,
+    pause: bool
 )
 
 # ListPodData is the returned struct for an individual pod
@@ -651,6 +656,10 @@ method PullImage(name: string) -> (id: string)
 #   "pod": "b05dee7bd4ccfee688099fe1588a7a898d6ddd6897de9251d4671c9b0feacb2a"
 # }
 #
+# $ varlink call unix:/run/podman/io.podman/io.podman.CreatePod '{"create": {"pause": true, "share": ["ipc", "net", "uts"]}}'
+# {
+#   "pod": "d7697449a8035f613c1a8891286502aca68fff7d5d49a85279b3bda229af3b28"
+# }
 # ~~~
 method CreatePod(create: PodCreate) -> (pod: string)