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@@ -9,67 +9,93 @@ podman\-build - Build a container image using a Containerfile
**podman image build** [*options*] [*context*]
## DESCRIPTION
-**podman build** Builds an image using instructions from one or more Containerfiles or Dockerfiles and a specified build context directory. A Containerfile uses the same syntax as a Dockerfile internally. For this document, a file referred to as a Containerfile can be a file named either 'Containerfile' or 'Dockerfile'.
+**podman build** Builds an image using instructions from one or more
+Containerfiles or Dockerfiles and a specified build context directory. A
+Containerfile uses the same syntax as a Dockerfile internally. For this
+document, a file referred to as a Containerfile can be a file named either
+'Containerfile' or 'Dockerfile'.
-The build context directory can be specified as the http(s) URL of an archive, git repository or Containerfile.
+The build context directory can be specified as the http(s) URL of an archive,
+git repository or Containerfile.
-If no context directory is specified, then Podman will assume the current working directory as the build context, which should contain the Containerfile.
+If no context directory is specified, then Podman will assume the current
+working directory as the build context, which should contain the Containerfile.
-Containerfiles ending with a ".in" suffix will be preprocessed via CPP(1). This can be useful to decompose Containerfiles into several reusable parts that can be used via CPP's **#include** directive. Notice, a Containerfile.in file can still be used by other tools when manually preprocessing them via `cpp -E`.
+Containerfiles ending with a ".in" suffix will be preprocessed via CPP(1). This
+can be useful to decompose Containerfiles into several reusable parts that can
+be used via CPP's **#include** directive. Notice, a Containerfile.in file can
+still be used by other tools when manually preprocessing them via `cpp -E`.
-When the URL is an archive, the contents of the URL is downloaded to a temporary location and extracted before execution.
+When the URL is an archive, the contents of the URL is downloaded to a temporary
+location and extracted before execution.
-When the URL is an Containerfile, the Containerfile is downloaded to a temporary location.
+When the URL is an Containerfile, the Containerfile is downloaded to a temporary
+location.
-When a Git repository is set as the URL, the repository is cloned locally and then set as the context.
+When a Git repository is set as the URL, the repository is cloned locally and
+then set as the context.
-NOTE: `podman build` uses code sourced from the `buildah` project to build container images. This `buildah` code creates `buildah` containers for the `RUN` options in container storage. In certain situations, when the `podman build` crashes or users kill the `podman build` process, these external containers can be left in container storage. Use the `podman ps --all --storage` command to see these contaienrs. External containers can be removed with the `podman rm --storage` command.
+NOTE: `podman build` uses code sourced from the `buildah` project to build
+container images. This `buildah` code creates `buildah` containers for the
+`RUN` options in container storage. In certain situations, when the
+`podman build` crashes or users kill the `podman build` process, these external
+containers can be left in container storage. Use the `podman ps --all --storage`
+command to see these contaienrs. External containers can be removed with the
+`podman rm --storage` command.
## OPTIONS
-**--add-host**=*host*
+#### **--add-host**=*host*
Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip)
-Add a line to /etc/hosts. The format is hostname:ip. The **--add-host** option can be set multiple times.
+Add a line to /etc/hosts. The format is hostname:ip. The **--add-host** option
+can be set multiple times.
-**--annotation**=*annotation*
+#### **--annotation**=*annotation*
-Add an image *annotation* (e.g. annotation=*value*) to the image metadata. Can be used multiple times.
+Add an image *annotation* (e.g. annotation=*value*) to the image metadata. Can
+be used multiple times.
-Note: this information is not present in Docker image formats, so it is discarded when writing images in Docker formats.
+Note: this information is not present in Docker image formats, so it is
+discarded when writing images in Docker formats.
-**--arch**=*arch*
+#### **--arch**=*arch*
-Set the ARCH of the image to the provided value instead of the architecture of the host.
+Set the ARCH of the image to the provided value instead of the architecture of
+the host.
-**--authfile**=*path*
+#### **--authfile**=*path*
-Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json, which is set using `podman login`.
-If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is set using `docker login`.
+Path of the authentication file. Default is
+${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json, which is set using `podman login`.
+If the authorization state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is
+checked, which is set using `docker login`.
-Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE
-environment variable. `export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path`
+Note: You can also override the default path of the authentication file by
+setting the REGISTRY\_AUTH\_FILE environment variable.
+`export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path`
-**--build-arg**=*arg=value*
+#### **--build-arg**=*arg=value*
Specifies a build argument and its value, which will be interpolated in
instructions read from the Containerfiles in the same way that environment
variables are, but which will not be added to environment variable list in the
resulting image's configuration.
-**--cache-from**
+#### **--cache-from**
-Images to utilize as potential cache sources. Podman does not currently support caching so this is a NOOP.
+Images to utilize as potential cache sources. Podman does not currently support
+caching so this is a NOOP.
-**--cap-add**=*CAP\_xxx*
+#### **--cap-add**=*CAP\_xxx*
When executing RUN instructions, run the command specified in the instruction
with the specified capability added to its capability set.
Certain capabilities are granted by default; this option can be used to add
more.
-**--cap-drop**=*CAP\_xxx*
+#### **--cap-drop**=*CAP\_xxx*
When executing RUN instructions, run the command specified in the instruction
with the specified capability removed from its capability set.
@@ -82,34 +108,37 @@ If a capability is specified to both the **--cap-add** and **--cap-drop**
options, it will be dropped, regardless of the order in which the options were
given.
-**--cert-dir**=*path*
+#### **--cert-dir**=*path*
Use certificates at *path* (\*.crt, \*.cert, \*.key) to connect to the registry.
-Default certificates directory is _/etc/containers/certs.d_. (Not available for remote commands)
+Default certificates directory is _/etc/containers/certs.d_. (Not available for
+remote commands)
-**--cgroup-parent**=*path*
+#### **--cgroup-parent**=*path*
-Path to cgroups under which the cgroup for the container will be created. If the path is not absolute, the path is considered to be relative to the cgroups path of the init process. Cgroups will be created if they do not already exist.
+Path to cgroups under which the cgroup for the container will be created. If the
+path is not absolute, the path is considered to be relative to the cgroups path
+of the init process. Cgroups will be created if they do not already exist.
-**--compress**
+#### **--compress**
This option is added to be aligned with other containers CLIs.
Podman doesn't communicate with a daemon or a remote server.
Thus, compressing the data before sending it is irrelevant to Podman.
-**--cni-config-dir**=*directory*
+#### **--cni-config-dir**=*directory*
Location of CNI configuration files which will dictate which plugins will be
used to configure network interfaces and routing for containers created for
handling `RUN` instructions, if those containers will be run in their own
network namespaces, and networking is not disabled.
-**--cni-plugin-path**=*directory[:directory[:directory[...]]]*
+#### **--cni-plugin-path**=*directory[:directory[:directory[...]]]*
List of directories in which the CNI plugins which will be used for configuring
network namespaces can be found.
-**--cpu-period**=*limit*
+#### **--cpu-period**=*limit*
Set the CPU period for the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS), which is a
duration in microseconds. Once the container's CPU quota is used up, it will
@@ -120,7 +149,7 @@ On some systems, changing the CPU limits may not be allowed for non-root
users. For more details, see
https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/master/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-cpu-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
-**--cpu-quota**=*limit*
+#### **--cpu-quota**=*limit*
Limit the CPU Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) quota.
@@ -133,13 +162,13 @@ On some systems, changing the CPU limits may not be allowed for non-root
users. For more details, see
https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/master/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-cpu-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
-**--cpu-shares**, **-c**=*shares*
+#### **--cpu-shares**, **-c**=*shares*
CPU shares (relative weight)
-By default, all containers get the same proportion of CPU cycles. This proportion
-can be modified by changing the container's CPU share weighting relative
-to the weighting of all other running containers.
+By default, all containers get the same proportion of CPU cycles. This
+proportion can be modified by changing the container's CPU share weighting
+relative to the weighting of all other running containers.
To modify the proportion from the default of 1024, use the **--cpu-shares**
flag to set the weighting to 2 or higher.
@@ -162,7 +191,8 @@ use 100% of each individual CPU core.
For example, consider a system with more than three cores. If you start one
container **{C0}** with **-c=512** running one process, and another container
-**{C1}** with **-c=1024** running two processes, this can result in the following
+**{C1}** with **-c=1024** running two processes, this can result in the
+following
division of CPU shares:
PID container CPU CPU share
@@ -170,25 +200,33 @@ division of CPU shares:
101 {C1} 1 100% of CPU1
102 {C1} 2 100% of CPU2
-**--cpuset-cpus**=*num*
+#### **--cpuset-cpus**=*num*
CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
-**--cpuset-mems**=*nodes*
+#### **--cpuset-mems**=*nodes*
-Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.
+Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on
+NUMA systems.
If you have four memory nodes on your system (0-3), use `--cpuset-mems=0,1`
then processes in your container will only use memory from the first
two memory nodes.
-**--creds**=*creds*
+#### **--creds**=*creds*
The [username[:password]] to use to authenticate with the registry if required.
-If one or both values are not supplied, a command line prompt will appear and the
-value can be entered. The password is entered without echo.
+If one or both values are not supplied, a command line prompt will appear and
+the value can be entered. The password is entered without echo.
-**--device**=_host-device_[**:**_container-device_][**:**_permissions_]
+#### **--decryption-key**=*key[:passphrase]*
+
+The [key[:passphrase]] to be used for decryption of images. Key can point to
+keys and/or certificates. Decryption will be tried with all keys. If the key is
+protected by a passphrase, it is required to be passed in the argument and
+omitted otherwise.
+
+#### **--device**=_host-device_[**:**_container-device_][**:**_permissions_]
Add a host device to the container. Optional *permissions* parameter
can be used to specify device permissions, it is combination of
@@ -201,9 +239,10 @@ The container will only store the major and minor numbers of the host device.
Note: if the user only has access rights via a group, accessing the device
from inside a rootless container will fail. The **crun**(1) runtime offers a
-workaround for this by adding the option **--annotation run.oci.keep_original_groups=1**.
+workaround for this by adding the option
+#### **--annotation run.oci.keep_original_groups=1**.
-**--disable-compression**, **-D**
+#### **--disable-compression**, **-D**
Don't compress filesystem layers when building the image unless it is required
by the location where the image is being written. This is the default setting,
@@ -212,29 +251,34 @@ registries, and images being written to local storage would only need to be
decompressed again to be stored. Compression can be forced in all cases by
specifying **--disable-compression=false**.
-**--disable-content-trust**
+#### **--disable-content-trust**
This is a Docker specific option to disable image verification to a Docker
registry and is not supported by Podman. This flag is a NOOP and provided
solely for scripting compatibility.
-**--dns**=*dns*
+#### **--dns**=*dns*
Set custom DNS servers
-This option can be used to override the DNS configuration passed to the container. Typically this is necessary when the host DNS configuration is invalid for the container (e.g., 127.0.0.1). When this is the case the `--dns` flag is necessary for every run.
+This option can be used to override the DNS configuration passed to the
+container. Typically this is necessary when the host DNS configuration is
+invalid for the container (e.g., 127.0.0.1). When this is the case the `--dns`
+flag is necessary for every run.
-The special value **none** can be specified to disable creation of /etc/resolv.conf in the container by Podman. The /etc/resolv.conf file in the image will be used without changes.
+The special value **none** can be specified to disable creation of
+/etc/resolv.conf in the container by Podman. The /etc/resolv.conf file in the
+image will be used without changes.
-**--dns-option**=*option*
+#### **--dns-option**=*option*
Set custom DNS options
-**--dns-search**=*domain*
+#### **--dns-search**=*domain*
Set custom DNS search domains
-**--file**, **-f**=*Containerfile*
+#### **--file**, **-f**=*Containerfile*
Specifies a Containerfile which contains instructions for building the image,
either a local file or an **http** or **https** URL. If more than one
@@ -247,11 +291,12 @@ context.
If you specify `-f -`, the Containerfile contents will be read from stdin.
-**--force-rm**=*true|false*
+#### **--force-rm**=*true|false*
-Always remove intermediate containers after a build, even if the build fails (default false).
+Always remove intermediate containers after a build, even if the build fails
+(default false).
-**--format**
+#### **--format**
Control the format for the built image's manifest and configuration data.
Recognized formats include *oci* (OCI image-spec v1.0, the default) and
@@ -264,15 +309,15 @@ environment variable. `export BUILDAH_FORMAT=docker`
Print usage statement
-**--http-proxy**
+#### **--http-proxy**
Pass through HTTP Proxy environment variables.
-**--iidfile**=*ImageIDfile*
+#### **--iidfile**=*ImageIDfile*
Write the image ID to the file.
-**--ipc**=*how*
+#### **--ipc**=*how*
Sets the configuration for IPC namespaces when handling `RUN` instructions.
The configured value can be "" (the empty string) or "container" to indicate
@@ -281,7 +326,7 @@ that the IPC namespace in which `podman` itself is being run should be reused,
or it can be the path to an IPC namespace which is already in use by
another process.
-**--isolation**=*type*
+#### **--isolation**=*type*
Controls what type of isolation is used for running processes as part of `RUN`
instructions. Recognized types include *oci* (OCI-compatible runtime, the
@@ -295,12 +340,16 @@ chroot(1) than container technology).
Note: You can also override the default isolation type by setting the
BUILDAH\_ISOLATION environment variable. `export BUILDAH_ISOLATION=oci`
-**--jobs**=*number*
-How many stages to run in parallel (default 1)
+#### **--jobs**=*number*
+
+Run up to N concurrent stages in parallel. If the number of jobs is greater
+than 1, stdin will be read from /dev/null. If 0 is specified, then there is
+no limit in the number of jobs that run in parallel.
-**--label**=*label*
+#### **--label**=*label*
-Add an image *label* (e.g. label=*value*) to the image metadata. Can be used multiple times.
+Add an image *label* (e.g. label=*value*) to the image metadata. Can be used
+multiple times.
Users can set a special LABEL **io.containers.capabilities=CAP1,CAP2,CAP3** in
a Containerfile that specified the list of Linux capabilities required for the
@@ -312,34 +361,36 @@ capabilities is a subset of the default list.
If the specified capabilities are not in the default set, Podman will
print an error message and will run the container with the default capabilities.
-**--layers**
+#### **--layers**
Cache intermediate images during the build process (Default is `true`).
-Note: You can also override the default value of layers by setting the BUILDAH\_LAYERS
-environment variable. `export BUILDAH_LAYERS=true`
+Note: You can also override the default value of layers by setting the
+BUILDAH\_LAYERS environment variable. `export BUILDAH_LAYERS=true`
-**--logfile**=*filename*
+#### **--logfile**=*filename*
Log output which would be sent to standard output and standard error to the
specified file instead of to standard output and standard error.
-**--loglevel**=*number*
+#### **--loglevel**=*number*
Adjust the logging level up or down. Valid option values range from -2 to 3,
with 3 being roughly equivalent to using the global *--debug* option, and
values below 0 omitting even error messages which accompany fatal errors.
-**--memory**, **-m**=*LIMIT*
-Memory limit (format: <number>[<unit>], where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))
+#### **--memory**, **-m**=*LIMIT*
+Memory limit (format: <number>[<unit>], where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes),
+m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))
Allows you to constrain the memory available to a container. If the host
supports swap memory, then the **-m** memory setting can be larger than physical
RAM. If a limit of 0 is specified (not using **-m**), the container's memory is
not limited. The actual limit may be rounded up to a multiple of the operating
-system's page size (the value would be very large, that's millions of trillions).
+system's page size (the value would be very large, that's millions of
+trillions).
-**--memory-swap**=*LIMIT*
+#### **--memory-swap**=*LIMIT*
A limit value equal to memory plus swap. Must be used with the **-m**
(**--memory**) flag. The swap `LIMIT` should always be larger than **-m**
@@ -350,24 +401,30 @@ The format of `LIMIT` is `<number>[<unit>]`. Unit can be `b` (bytes),
`k` (kilobytes), `m` (megabytes), or `g` (gigabytes). If you don't specify a
unit, `b` is used. Set LIMIT to `-1` to enable unlimited swap.
-**--net**, **--network**=*string*
+#### **--network**=*mode*, **--net**
Sets the configuration for network namespaces when handling `RUN` instructions.
-The configured value can be "" (the empty string) or "container" to indicate
-that a new network namespace should be created, or it can be "host" to indicate
-that the network namespace in which `podman` itself is being run should be
-reused, or it can be the path to a network namespace which is already in use by
-another process.
-**--no-cache**
+Valid _mode_ values are:
-Do not use existing cached images for the container build. Build from the start with a new set of cached layers.
+- **none**: no networking.
+- **host**: use the Podman host network stack. Note: the host mode gives the
+container full access to local system services such as D-bus and is therefore
+considered insecure.
+- **ns:**_path_: path to a network namespace to join.
+- **private**: create a new namespace for the container (default).
-**--os**=*string*
+#### **--no-cache**
-Set the OS to the provided value instead of the current operating system of the host.
+Do not use existing cached images for the container build. Build from the start
+with a new set of cached layers.
-**--pid**=*pid*
+#### **--os**=*string*
+
+Set the OS to the provided value instead of the current operating system of the
+host.
+
+#### **--pid**=*pid*
Sets the configuration for PID namespaces when handling `RUN` instructions.
The configured value can be "" (the empty string) or "container" to indicate
@@ -376,46 +433,44 @@ that the PID namespace in which `podman` itself is being run should be reused,
or it can be the path to a PID namespace which is already in use by another
process.
-**--platform**="Linux"
+#### **--platform**="Linux"
This option has no effect on the build. Other container engines use this option
to control the execution platform for the build (e.g., Windows, Linux) which is
not required for Buildah as it supports only Linux.
-**--pull**
+#### **--pull**
-When the flag is enabled, attempt to pull the latest image from the registries
-listed in registries.conf if a local image does not exist or the image is newer
-than the one in storage. Raise an error if the image is not in any listed
-registry and is not present locally.
+When the option is specified or set to "true", pull the image from the first
+registry it is found in as listed in registries.conf. Raise an error if not
+found in the registries, even if the image is present locally.
-If the flag is disabled (with *--pull=false*), do not pull the image from the
-registry, unless there is no local image. Raise an error if the image is not
-in any registry and is not present locally.
+If the option is disabled (with *--pull=false*) or not specified, pull the
+image from the registry only if the image is not present locally. Raise an
+error if the image is not found in the registries and is not present locally.
-Defaults to *true*.
+#### **--pull-always**
-**--pull-always**
+Pull the image from the first registry it is found in as listed in
+registries.conf. Raise an error if not found in the registries, even if the
+image is present locally.
-Pull the image from the first registry it is found in as listed in registries.conf.
-Raise an error if not found in the registries, even if the image is present locally.
+#### **--pull-never**
-**--pull-never**
+Do not pull the image from the registry, use only the local version. Raise an
+error if the image is not present locally.
-Do not pull the image from the registry, use only the local version. Raise an error
-if the image is not present locally.
-
-**--quiet**, **-q**
+#### **--quiet**, **-q**
Suppress output messages which indicate which instruction is being processed,
and of progress when pulling images from a registry, and when writing the
output image.
-**--rm**=*true|false*
+#### **--rm**=*true|false*
Remove intermediate containers after a successful build (default true).
-**--runtime**=*path*
+#### **--runtime**=*path*
The *path* to an alternate OCI-compatible runtime, which will be used to run
commands specified by the **RUN** instruction.
@@ -423,12 +478,13 @@ commands specified by the **RUN** instruction.
Note: You can also override the default runtime by setting the BUILDAH\_RUNTIME
environment variable. `export BUILDAH_RUNTIME=/usr/local/bin/runc`
-**--security-opt**=*option*
+#### **--security-opt**=*option*
Security Options
- `apparmor=unconfined` : Turn off apparmor confinement for the container
-- `apparmor=your-profile` : Set the apparmor confinement profile for the container
+- `apparmor=your-profile` : Set the apparmor confinement profile for the
+container
- `label=user:USER` : Set the label user for the container processes
- `label=role:ROLE` : Set the label role for the container processes
@@ -436,57 +492,68 @@ Security Options
- `label=level:LEVEL` : Set the label level for the container processes
- `label=filetype:TYPE` : Set the label file type for the container files
- `label=disable` : Turn off label separation for the container
+- `no-new-privileges` : Not supported
- `seccomp=unconfined` : Turn off seccomp confinement for the container
-- `seccomp=profile.json` : White listed syscalls seccomp Json file to be used as a seccomp filter
+- `seccomp=profile.json` : White listed syscalls seccomp Json file to be used
+as a seccomp filter
-**--shm-size**=*size*
+#### **--shm-size**=*size*
-Size of `/dev/shm`. The format is `<number><unit>`. `number` must be greater than `0`.
-Unit is optional and can be `b` (bytes), `k` (kilobytes), `m`(megabytes), or `g` (gigabytes).
-If you omit the unit, the system uses bytes. If you omit the size entirely, the system uses `64m`.
+Size of `/dev/shm`. The format is `<number><unit>`. `number` must be greater
+than `0`.
+Unit is optional and can be `b` (bytes), `k` (kilobytes), `m`(megabytes), or
+`g` (gigabytes). If you omit the unit, the system uses bytes. If you omit the
+size entirely, the system uses `64m`.
-**--sign-by**=*fingerprint*
+#### **--sign-by**=*fingerprint*
Sign the image using a GPG key with the specified FINGERPRINT.
-**--squash**
+#### **--squash**
-Squash all of the image's new layers into a single new layer; any preexisting layers
-are not squashed.
+Squash all of the image's new layers into a single new layer; any preexisting
+layers are not squashed.
-**--squash-all**
+#### **--squash-all**
-Squash all of the new image's layers (including those inherited from a base image) into a single new layer.
+Squash all of the new image's layers (including those inherited from a base
+image) into a single new layer.
-**--tag**, **-t**=*imageName*
+#### **--tag**, **-t**=*imageName*
Specifies the name which will be assigned to the resulting image if the build
process completes successfully.
-If _imageName_ does not include a registry name, the registry name *localhost* will be prepended to the image name.
+If _imageName_ does not include a registry name, the registry name *localhost*
+will be prepended to the image name.
-**--target**=*stageName*
+#### **--target**=*stageName*
-Set the target build stage to build. When building a Containerfile with multiple build stages, --target
-can be used to specify an intermediate build stage by name as the final stage for the resulting image.
-Commands after the target stage will be skipped.
+Set the target build stage to build. When building a Containerfile with
+multiple build stages, --target can be used to specify an intermediate build
+stage by name as the final stage for the resulting image. Commands after the target stage will be skipped.
-**--timestamp** *seconds*
+#### **--timestamp** *seconds*
-Set the create timestamp to seconds since epoch to allow for deterministic builds (defaults to current time).
-By default, the created timestamp is changed and written into the image manifest with every commit,
-causing the image's sha256 hash to be different even if the sources are exactly the same otherwise.
-When --timestamp is set, the created timestamp is always set to the time specified and therefore not changed, allowing the image's sha256 to remain the same. All files committed to the layers of the image will be created with the timestamp.
+Set the create timestamp to seconds since epoch to allow for deterministic
+builds (defaults to current time). By default, the created timestamp is changed
+and written into the image manifest with every commit, causing the image's
+sha256 hash to be different even if the sources are exactly the same otherwise.
+When --timestamp is set, the created timestamp is always set to the time
+specified and therefore not changed, allowing the image's sha256 hash to remain the
+same. All files committed to the layers of the image will be created with the
+timestamp.
-**--tls-verify**=*true|false*
+#### **--tls-verify**=*true|false*
-Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to container registries (defaults to true).
+Require HTTPS and verify certificates when talking to container registries
+(defaults to true).
-**--ulimit**=*type*=*soft-limit*[:*hard-limit*]
+#### **--ulimit**=*type*=*soft-limit*[:*hard-limit*]
-Specifies resource limits to apply to processes launched when processing `RUN` instructions.
-This option can be specified multiple times. Recognized resource types
-include:
+Specifies resource limits to apply to processes launched when processing `RUN`
+instructions. This option can be specified multiple times. Recognized resource
+types include:
"core": maximum core dump size (ulimit -c)
"cpu": maximum CPU time (ulimit -t)
"data": maximum size of a process's data segment (ulimit -d)
@@ -503,7 +570,7 @@ include:
"sigpending": maximum number of pending signals (ulimit -i)
"stack": maximum stack size (ulimit -s)
-**--userns**=*how*
+#### **--userns**=*how*
Sets the configuration for user namespaces when handling `RUN` instructions.
The configured value can be "" (the empty string) or "container" to indicate
@@ -512,7 +579,7 @@ the user namespace in which `podman` itself is being run should be reused, or
it can be the path to an user namespace which is already in use by another
process.
-**--userns-uid-map**=*mapping*
+#### **--userns-uid-map**=*mapping*
Directly specifies a UID mapping which should be used to set ownership, at the
filesystem level, on the working container's contents.
@@ -533,7 +600,7 @@ If none of --userns-uid-map-user, --userns-gid-map-group, or --userns-uid-map
are specified, but --userns-gid-map is specified, the UID map will be set to
use the same numeric values as the GID map.
-**--userns-gid-map**=*mapping*
+#### **--userns-gid-map**=*mapping*
Directly specifies a GID mapping which should be used to set ownership, at the
filesystem level, on the working container's contents.
@@ -554,7 +621,7 @@ If none of --userns-uid-map-user, --userns-gid-map-group, or --userns-gid-map
are specified, but --userns-uid-map is specified, the GID map will be set to
use the same numeric values as the UID map.
-**--userns-uid-map-user**=*user*
+#### **--userns-uid-map-user**=*user*
Specifies that a UID mapping which should be used to set ownership, at the
filesystem level, on the working container's contents, can be found in entries
@@ -565,7 +632,7 @@ If --userns-gid-map-group is specified, but --userns-uid-map-user is not
specified, `podman` will assume that the specified group name is also a
suitable user name to use as the default setting for this option.
-**--userns-gid-map-group**=*group*
+#### **--userns-gid-map-group**=*group*
Specifies that a GID mapping which should be used to set ownership, at the
filesystem level, on the working container's contents, can be found in entries
@@ -576,7 +643,7 @@ If --userns-uid-map-user is specified, but --userns-gid-map-group is not
specified, `podman` will assume that the specified user name is also a
suitable group name to use as the default setting for this option.
-**--uts**=*how*
+#### **--uts**=*how*
Sets the configuration for UTS namespaces when the handling `RUN` instructions.
The configured value can be "" (the empty string) or "container" to indicate
@@ -585,7 +652,7 @@ that the UTS namespace in which `podman` itself is being run should be reused,
or it can be the path to a UTS namespace which is already in use by another
process.
-**--volume**, **-v**[=*[HOST-DIR:CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*]
+#### **--volume**, **-v**[=*[HOST-DIR:CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*]
Create a bind mount. If you specify, ` -v /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR`, Podman
bind mounts `/HOST-DIR` in the host to `/CONTAINER-DIR` in the Podman
@@ -625,49 +692,65 @@ Only the current container can use a private volume.
`Overlay Volume Mounts`
- The `:O` flag tells Podman to mount the directory from the host as a temporary storage using the Overlay file system. The `RUN` command containers are allowed to modify contents within the mountpoint and are stored in the container storage in a separate directory. In Overlay FS terms the source directory will be the lower, and the container storage directory will be the upper. Modifications to the mount point are destroyed when the `RUN` command finishes executing, similar to a tmpfs mount point.
+ The `:O` flag tells Podman to mount the directory from the host as a
+temporary storage using the Overlay file system. The `RUN` command containers
+are allowed to modify contents within the mountpoint and are stored in the
+container storage in a separate directory. In Overlay FS terms the source
+directory will be the lower, and the container storage directory will be the
+upper. Modifications to the mount point are destroyed when the `RUN` command
+finishes executing, similar to a tmpfs mount point.
- Any subsequent execution of `RUN` commands sees the original source directory content, any changes from previous RUN commands no longer exists.
+ Any subsequent execution of `RUN` commands sees the original source directory
+content, any changes from previous RUN commands no longer exists.
- One use case of the `overlay` mount is sharing the package cache from the host into the container to allow speeding up builds.
+ One use case of the `overlay` mount is sharing the package cache from the
+host into the container to allow speeding up builds.
Note:
- Overlay mounts are not currently supported in rootless mode.
- - The `O` flag is not allowed to be specified with the `Z` or `z` flags. Content mounted into the container is labeled with the private label.
- On SELinux systems, labels in the source directory needs to be readable by the container label. If not, SELinux container separation must be disabled for the container to work.
- - Modification of the directory volume mounted into the container with an overlay mount can cause unexpected failures. It is recommended that you do not modify the directory until the container finishes running.
+ - The `O` flag is not allowed to be specified with the `Z` or `z` flags.
+Content mounted into the container is labeled with the private label.
+ On SELinux systems, labels in the source directory needs to be readable
+by the container label. If not, SELinux container separation must be disabled
+for the container to work.
+ - Modification of the directory volume mounted into the container with an
+overlay mount can cause unexpected failures. It is recommended that you do not
+modify the directory until the container finishes running.
By default bind mounted volumes are `private`. That means any mounts done
-inside container will not be visible on the host and vice versa. This behavior can
-be changed by specifying a volume mount propagation property.
-
-When the mount propagation policy is set to `shared`, any mounts completed inside
-the container on that volume will be visible to both the host and container. When
-the mount propagation policy is set to `slave`, one way mount propagation is enabled
-and any mounts completed on the host for that volume will be visible only inside of the container.
-To control the mount propagation property of volume use the `:[r]shared`,
-`:[r]slave` or `:[r]private` propagation flag. The propagation property can
-be specified only for bind mounted volumes and not for internal volumes or
-named volumes. For mount propagation to work on the source mount point (mount point
-where source dir is mounted on) has to have the right propagation properties. For
-shared volumes, the source mount point has to be shared. And for slave volumes,
-the source mount has to be either shared or slave. <sup>[[1]](#Footnote1)</sup>
+inside containers will not be visible on the host and vice versa. This behavior
+can be changed by specifying a volume mount propagation property.
+
+When the mount propagation policy is set to `shared`, any mounts completed
+inside the container on that volume will be visible to both the host and
+container. When the mount propagation policy is set to `slave`, one way mount
+propagation is enabled and any mounts completed on the host for that volume will
+be visible only inside of the container. To control the mount propagation
+property of volume use the `:[r]shared`, `:[r]slave` or `:[r]private`
+propagation flag. The propagation property can be specified only for bind mounted
+volumes and not for internal volumes or named volumes. For mount propagation to
+work on the source mount point (mount point where source dir is mounted on) has
+to have the right propagation properties. For shared volumes, the source mount
+point has to be shared. And for slave volumes, the source mount has to be either
+shared or slave. <sup>[[1]](#Footnote1)</sup>
Use `df <source-dir>` to determine the source mount and then use
`findmnt -o TARGET,PROPAGATION <source-mount-dir>` to determine propagation
-properties of source mount, if `findmnt` utility is not available, the source mount point
-can be determined by looking at the mount entry in `/proc/self/mountinfo`. Look
-at `optional fields` and see if any propagation properties are specified.
-`shared:X` means the mount is `shared`, `master:X` means the mount is `slave` and if
-nothing is there that means the mount is `private`. <sup>[[1]](#Footnote1)</sup>
+properties of source mount, if `findmnt` utility is not available, the source
+mount point can be determined by looking at the mount entry in
+`/proc/self/mountinfo`. Look at `optional fields` and see if any propagation
+properties are specified.
+`shared:X` means the mount is `shared`, `master:X` means the mount is `slave`
+and if nothing is there that means the mount is `private`. <sup>[[1]](#Footnote1)</sup>
To change propagation properties of a mount point use the `mount` command. For
example, to bind mount the source directory `/foo` do
`mount --bind /foo /foo` and `mount --make-private --make-shared /foo`. This
-will convert /foo into a `shared` mount point. The propagation properties of the source
-mount can be changed directly. For instance if `/` is the source mount for
-`/foo`, then use `mount --make-shared /` to convert `/` into a `shared` mount.
+will convert /foo into a `shared` mount point. The propagation properties of
+the source mount can be changed directly. For instance if `/` is the source
+mount for `/foo`, then use `mount --make-shared /` to convert `/` into a
+`shared` mount.
## EXAMPLES
@@ -715,11 +798,18 @@ $ podman build --no-cache --rm=false -t imageName .
### Building an image using a URL, Git repo, or archive
- The build context directory can be specified as a URL to a Containerfile, a Git repository, or URL to an archive. If the URL is a Containerfile, it is downloaded to a temporary location and used as the context. When a Git repository is set as the URL, the repository is cloned locally to a temporary location and then used as the context. Lastly, if the URL is an archive, it is downloaded to a temporary location and extracted before being used as the context.
+ The build context directory can be specified as a URL to a Containerfile, a
+Git repository, or URL to an archive. If the URL is a Containerfile, it is
+downloaded to a temporary location and used as the context. When a Git
+repository is set as the URL, the repository is cloned locally to a temporary
+location and then used as the context. Lastly, if the URL is an archive, it is
+downloaded to a temporary location and extracted before being used as the
+context.
#### Building an image using a URL to a Containerfile
- Podman will download the Containerfile to a temporary location and then use it as the build context.
+ Podman will download the Containerfile to a temporary location and then use
+it as the build context.
```
$ podman build https://10.10.10.1/podman/Containerfile
@@ -727,7 +817,9 @@ $ podman build https://10.10.10.1/podman/Containerfile
#### Building an image using a Git repository
- Podman will clone the specified GitHub repository to a temporary location and use it as the context. The Containerfile at the root of the repository will be used and it only works if the GitHub repository is a dedicated repository.
+ Podman will clone the specified GitHub repository to a temporary location and
+use it as the context. The Containerfile at the root of the repository will be
+used and it only works if the GitHub repository is a dedicated repository.
```
$ podman build git://github.com/scollier/purpletest
@@ -735,13 +827,18 @@ $ podman build git://github.com/scollier/purpletest
#### Building an image using a URL to an archive
- Podman will fetch the archive file, decompress it, and use its contents as the build context. The Containerfile at the root of the archive and the rest of the archive will get used as the context of the build. If you pass `-f PATH/Containerfile` option as well, the system will look for that file inside the contents of the archive.
+ Podman will fetch the archive file, decompress it, and use its contents as the
+build context. The Containerfile at the root of the archive and the rest of the
+archive will get used as the context of the build. If you pass
+`-f PATH/Containerfile` option as well, the system will look for that file
+inside the contents of the archive.
```
$ podman build -f dev/Containerfile https://10.10.10.1/podman/context.tar.gz
```
- Note: supported compression formats are 'xz', 'bzip2', 'gzip' and 'identity' (no compression).
+ Note: supported compression formats are 'xz', 'bzip2', 'gzip' and 'identity'
+(no compression).
## Files
@@ -769,7 +866,8 @@ src
```
`*/*.c`
-Excludes files and directories whose names ends with .c in any top level subdirectory. For example, the source file include/rootless.c.
+Excludes files and directories whose names ends with .c in any top level
+subdirectory. For example, the source file include/rootless.c.
`**/output*`
Excludes files and directories starting with `output` from any directory.
@@ -787,21 +885,29 @@ mechanism:
Exclude all doc files except Help.doc from the image.
-This functionality is compatible with the handling of .dockerignore files described here:
+This functionality is compatible with the handling of .dockerignore files
+described here:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#dockerignore-file
**registries.conf** (`/etc/containers/registries.conf`)
-registries.conf is the configuration file which specifies which container registries should be consulted when completing image names which do not include a registry or domain portion.
+registries.conf is the configuration file which specifies which container
+registries should be consulted when completing image names which do not include
+a registry or domain portion.
## Troubleshooting
### lastlog sparse file
-If you are using a useradd command within a Containerfile with a large UID/GID, it will create a large sparse file `/var/log/lastlog`. This can cause the build to hang forever. Go language does not support sparse files correctly, which can lead to some huge files being created in your container image.
+If you are using a useradd command within a Containerfile with a large UID/GID,
+it will create a large sparse file `/var/log/lastlog`. This can cause the
+build to hang forever. Go language does not support sparse files correctly,
+which can lead to some huge files being created in your container image.
-If you are using `useradd` within your build script, you should pass the `--no-log-init or -l` option to the `useradd` command. This option tells useradd to stop creating the lastlog file.
+If you are using `useradd` within your build script, you should pass the
+`--no-log-init or -l` option to the `useradd` command. This option tells
+useradd to stop creating the lastlog file.
## SEE ALSO
podman(1), buildah(1), containers-registries.conf(5), crun(8), runc(8), useradd(8), podman-ps(1), podman-rm(1)
@@ -814,4 +920,9 @@ May 2018, Minor revisions added by Joe Doss <joe@solidadmin.com>
December 2017, Originally compiled by Tom Sweeney <tsweeney@redhat.com>
## FOOTNOTES
-<a name="Footnote1">1</a>: The Podman project is committed to inclusivity, a core value of open source. The `master` and `slave` mount propagation terminology used here is problematic and divisive, and should be changed. However, these terms are currently used within the Linux kernel and must be used as-is at this time. When the kernel maintainers rectify this usage, Podman will follow suit immediately.
+<a name="Footnote1">1</a>: The Podman project is committed to inclusivity, a
+core value of open source. The `master` and `slave` mount propagation
+terminology used here is problematic and divisive, and should be changed.
+However, these terms are currently used within the Linux kernel and must be
+used as-is at this time. When the kernel maintainers rectify this usage,
+Podman will follow suit immediately.