1 files changed, 89 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d2cf0b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+% podman-container-restore(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-container\-restore - Restores one or more containers from a checkpoint
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman container restore** [*options*] *container* ...
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+Restores a container from a checkpoint. You may use container IDs or names as input.
+
+## OPTIONS
+**--keep**, **-k**
+
+Keep all temporary log and statistics files created by CRIU during
+checkpointing as well as restoring. These files are not deleted if restoring
+fails for further debugging. If restoring succeeds these files are
+theoretically not needed, but if these files are needed Podman can keep the
+files for further analysis. This includes the checkpoint directory with all
+files created during checkpointing. The size required by the checkpoint
+directory is roughly the same as the amount of memory required by the
+processes in the checkpointed container.
+
+Without the **-k**, **--keep** option the checkpoint will be consumed and cannot be used
+again.
+
+**--all**, **-a**
+
+Restore all checkpointed containers.
+
+**--latest**, **-l**
+
+Instead of providing the container name or ID, restore the last created container.
+
+The latest option is not supported on the remote client.
+
+**--tcp-established**
+
+Restore a container with established TCP connections. If the checkpoint image
+contains established TCP connections, this option is required during restore.
+If the checkpoint image does not contain established TCP connections this
+option is ignored. Defaults to not restoring containers with established TCP
+connections.
+
+**--import, -i**
+
+Import a checkpoint tar.gz file, which was exported by Podman. This can be used
+to import a checkpointed container from another host. Do not specify a *container*
+argument when using this option.
+
+**--name, -n**
+
+This is only available in combination with **--import, -i**. If a container is restored
+from a checkpoint tar.gz file it is possible to rename it with **--name, -n**. This
+way it is possible to restore a container from a checkpoint multiple times with different
+names.
+
+If the **--name, -n** option is used, Podman will not attempt to assign the same IP
+address to the container it was using before checkpointing as each IP address can only
+be used once and the restored container will have another IP address. This also means
+that **--name, -n** cannot be used in combination with **--tcp-established**.
+
+**--ignore-rootfs**
+
+This is only available in combination with **--import, -i**. If a container is restored
+from a checkpoint tar.gz file it is possible that it also contains all root file-system
+changes. With **--ignore-rootfs** it is possible to explicitly disable applying these
+root file-system changes to the restored container.
+
+**--ignore-static-ip**
+
+If the container was started with **--ip** the restored container also tries to use that
+IP address and restore fails if that IP address is already in use. This can happen, if
+a container is restored multiple times from an exported checkpoint with **--name, -n**.
+
+Using **--ignore-static-ip** tells Podman to ignore the IP address if it was configured
+with **--ip** during container creation.
+
+## EXAMPLE
+
+podman container restore mywebserver
+
+podman container restore 860a4b23
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman(1), podman-container-checkpoint(1)
+
+## HISTORY
+September 2018, Originally compiled by Adrian Reber <areber@redhat.com>