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@@ -65,22 +65,22 @@ and specified with a _tag_.
$ podman create oci-archive:/tmp/fedora echo hello
## 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**
+Add a line to /etc/hosts. The format is hostname:ip. The **\-\-add-host**
option can be set multiple times.
-#### **--annotation**=*key=value*
+#### **\-\-annotation**=*key=value*
Add an annotation to the container. The format is key=value.
-The **--annotation** option can be set multiple times.
+The **\-\-annotation** option can be set multiple times.
-#### **--arch**=*ARCH*
+#### **\-\-arch**=*ARCH*
Override the architecture, defaults to hosts, of the image to be pulled. For example, `arm`.
-#### **--attach**, **-a**=*location*
+#### **\-\-attach**, **-a**=*location*
Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR.
@@ -91,30 +91,30 @@ error. It can even pretend to be a TTY (this is what most commandline
executables expect) and pass along signals. The **-a** option can be set for
each of stdin, stdout, and stderr.
-#### **--authfile**=*path*
+#### **\-\-authfile**=*path*
Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json
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`
-#### **--blkio-weight**=*weight*
+#### **\-\-blkio-weight**=*weight*
Block IO weight (relative weight) accepts a weight value between 10 and 1000.
-#### **--blkio-weight-device**=*weight*
+#### **\-\-blkio-weight-device**=*weight*
Block IO weight (relative device weight, format: `DEVICE_NAME:WEIGHT`).
-#### **--cap-add**=*capability*
+#### **\-\-cap-add**=*capability*
Add Linux capabilities
-#### **--cap-drop**=*capability*
+#### **\-\-cap-drop**=*capability*
Drop Linux capabilities
-#### **--cgroupns**=*mode*
+#### **\-\-cgroupns**=*mode*
Set the cgroup namespace mode for the container.
**`host`**: use the host's cgroup namespace inside the container.
@@ -124,33 +124,33 @@ Set the cgroup namespace mode for the container.
If the host uses cgroups v1, the default is set to **host**. On cgroups v2 the default is **private**.
-#### **--cgroups**=*mode*
+#### **\-\-cgroups**=*mode*
Determines whether the container will create CGroups.
Valid values are *enabled*, *disabled*, *no-conmon*, *split*, which the default being *enabled*.
The *enabled* option will create a new cgroup under the cgroup-parent.
-The *disabled* option will force the container to not create CGroups, and thus conflicts with CGroup options (**--cgroupns** and **--cgroup-parent**).
+The *disabled* option will force the container to not create CGroups, and thus conflicts with CGroup options (**\-\-cgroupns** and **\-\-cgroup-parent**).
The *no-conmon* option disables a new CGroup only for the conmon process.
The *split* option splits the current cgroup in two sub-cgroups: one for conmon and one for the container payload. It is not possible to set *--cgroup-parent* with *split*.
-#### **--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.
-#### **--cgroup-conf**=*KEY=VALUE*
+#### **\-\-cgroup-conf**=*KEY=VALUE*
-When running on cgroup v2, specify the cgroup file to write to and its value. For example **--cgroup-conf=memory.high=1073741824** sets the memory.high limit to 1GB.
+When running on cgroup v2, specify the cgroup file to write to and its value. For example **\-\-cgroup-conf=memory.high=1073741824** sets the memory.high limit to 1GB.
-#### **--cidfile**=*id*
+#### **\-\-cidfile**=*id*
Write the container ID to the file
-#### **--conmon-pidfile**=*path*
+#### **\-\-conmon-pidfile**=*path*
Write the pid of the `conmon` process to a file. `conmon` runs in a separate process than Podman, so this is necessary when using systemd to restart Podman containers.
-#### **--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
@@ -161,26 +161,26 @@ 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.
Limit the container's CPU usage. By default, containers run with the full
CPU resource. The limit is a number in microseconds. If you provide a number,
the container will be allowed to use that much CPU time until the CPU period
-ends (controllable via **--cpu-period**).
+ends (controllable via **\-\-cpu-period**).
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-rt-period**=*microseconds*
+#### **\-\-cpu-rt-period**=*microseconds*
Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds
Limit the container's Real Time CPU usage. This flag tell the kernel to restrict the container's Real Time CPU usage to the period you specify.
-#### **--cpu-rt-runtime**=*microseconds*
+#### **\-\-cpu-rt-runtime**=*microseconds*
Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Period of 1,000,000us and Runtime of 950,000us means that this container could c
The sum of all runtimes across containers cannot exceed the amount allotted to the parent cgroup.
-#### **--cpu-shares**=*shares*
+#### **\-\-cpu-shares**=*shares*
CPU shares (relative weight)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ By default, all containers get the same proportion of CPU cycles. This proportio
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**
+To modify the proportion from the default of 1024, use the **\-\-cpu-shares**
flag to set the weighting to 2 or higher.
The proportion will only apply when CPU-intensive processes are running.
@@ -226,21 +226,21 @@ PID container CPU CPU share
101 {C1} 1 100% of CPU1
102 {C1} 2 100% of CPU2
-#### **--cpus**=*number*
+#### **\-\-cpus**=*number*
Number of CPUs. The default is *0.0* which means no limit. This is shorthand
-for **--cpu-period** and **--cpu-quota**, so you may only set either
-#### **--cpus** or **--cpu-period** and **--cpu-quota**.
+for **\-\-cpu-period** and **\-\-cpu-quota**, so you may only set either
+#### **\-\-cpus** or **\-\-cpu-period** and **\-\-cpu-quota**.
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
-#### **--cpuset-cpus**=*cpus*
+#### **\-\-cpuset-cpus**=*cpus*
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.
@@ -248,75 +248,75 @@ 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.
-#### **--device**=_host-device_[**:**_container-device_][**:**_permissions_]
+#### **\-\-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
**r** for read, **w** for write, and **m** for **mknod**(2).
-Example: **--device=/dev/sdc:/dev/xvdc:rwm**.
+Example: **\-\-device=/dev/sdc:/dev/xvdc:rwm**.
Note: if _host_device_ is a symbolic link then it will be resolved first.
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**.
Podman may load kernel modules required for using the specified
device. The devices that podman will load modules when necessary are:
/dev/fuse.
-#### **--device-cgroup-rule**="type major:minor mode"
+#### **\-\-device-cgroup-rule**="type major:minor mode"
Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list. The rule is expected to be in the format specified in the Linux kernel documentation (Documentation/cgroup-v1/devices.txt):
- type: a (all), c (char), or b (block);
- major and minor: either a number, or * for all;
- mode: a composition of r (read), w (write), and m (mknod(2)).
-#### **--device-read-bps**=*path*
+#### **\-\-device-read-bps**=*path*
Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)
-#### **--device-read-iops**=*path*
+#### **\-\-device-read-iops**=*path*
Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-iops=/dev/sda:1000)
-#### **--device-write-bps**=*path*
+#### **\-\-device-write-bps**=*path*
Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device (e.g. --device-write-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)
-#### **--device-write-iops**=*path*
+#### **\-\-device-write-iops**=*path*
Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device (e.g. --device-write-iops=/dev/sda:1000)
-#### **--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. Invalid if using **--dns** and **--network** that is set to 'none' or `container:<name|id>`.
+Set custom DNS servers. Invalid if using **\-\-dns** and **\-\-network** that is set to 'none' or `container:<name|id>`.
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** flags is necessary for every run.
+is the case the **\-\-dns** flags 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.
-#### **--dns-opt**=*option*
+#### **\-\-dns-opt**=*option*
-Set custom DNS options. Invalid if using **--dns-opt** and **--network** that is set to 'none' or `container:<name|id>`.
+Set custom DNS options. Invalid if using **\-\-dns-opt** and **\-\-network** that is set to 'none' or `container:<name|id>`.
-#### **--dns-search**=*domain*
+#### **\-\-dns-search**=*domain*
-Set custom DNS search domains. Invalid if using **--dns-search** and **--network** that is set to 'none' or `container:<name|id>`. (Use --dns-search=. if you don't wish to set the search domain)
+Set custom DNS search domains. Invalid if using **\-\-dns-search** and **\-\-network** that is set to 'none' or `container:<name|id>`. (Use --dns-search=. if you don't wish to set the search domain)
-#### **--entrypoint**=*"command"* | *'["command", "arg1", ...]'*
+#### **\-\-entrypoint**=*"command"* | *'["command", "arg1", ...]'*
Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@ default nature or behavior, so that when you set an ENTRYPOINT you can run the
container as if it were that binary, complete with default options, and you can
pass in more options via the COMMAND. But, sometimes an operator may want to run
something else inside the container, so you can override the default ENTRYPOINT
-at runtime by using a **--entrypoint** and a string to specify the new
+at runtime by using a **\-\-entrypoint** and a string to specify the new
ENTRYPOINT.
You need to specify multi option commands in the form of a json string.
-#### **--env**, **-e**=*env*
+#### **\-\-env**, **-e**=*env*
Set environment variables
@@ -341,30 +341,30 @@ This option allows arbitrary environment variables that are available for the pr
See [**Environment**](#environment) note below for precedence and examples.
-#### **--env-host**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-env-host**=*true|false*
Use host environment inside of the container. See **Environment** note below for precedence. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client)
-#### **--env-file**=*file*
+#### **\-\-env-file**=*file*
Read in a line delimited file of environment variables. See **Environment** note below for precedence.
-#### **--expose**=*port*
+#### **\-\-expose**=*port*
Expose a port, or a range of ports (e.g. --expose=3300-3310) to set up port redirection
on the host system.
-#### **--gidmap**=*container_gid:host_gid:amount*
+#### **\-\-gidmap**=*container_gid:host_gid:amount*
GID map for the user namespace. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. It conflicts with the `--userns` and `--subgidname` flags.
The following example maps uids 0-2000 in the container to the uids 30000-31999 on the host and gids 0-2000 in the container to the gids 30000-31999 on the host. `--gidmap=0:30000:2000`
-#### **--group-add**=*group*
+#### **\-\-group-add**=*group*
Add additional groups to run as
-#### **--health-cmd**=*"command"* | *'["command", "arg1", ...]'*
+#### **\-\-health-cmd**=*"command"* | *'["command", "arg1", ...]'*
Set or alter a healthcheck command for a container. The command is a command to be executed inside your
container that determines your container health. The command is required for other healthcheck options
@@ -373,35 +373,35 @@ to be applied. A value of `none` disables existing healthchecks.
Multiple options can be passed in the form of a JSON array; otherwise, the command will be interpreted
as an argument to `/bin/sh -c`.
-#### **--health-interval**=*interval*
+#### **\-\-health-interval**=*interval*
Set an interval for the healthchecks (a value of `disable` results in no automatic timer setup) (default "30s")
-#### **--health-retries**=*retries*
+#### **\-\-health-retries**=*retries*
The number of retries allowed before a healthcheck is considered to be unhealthy. The default value is `3`.
-#### **--health-start-period**=*period*
+#### **\-\-health-start-period**=*period*
The initialization time needed for a container to bootstrap. The value can be expressed in time format like
`2m3s`. The default value is `0s`
-#### **--health-timeout**=*timeout*
+#### **\-\-health-timeout**=*timeout*
The maximum time allowed to complete the healthcheck before an interval is considered failed. Like start-period, the
value can be expressed in a time format such as `1m22s`. The default value is `30s`.
-#### **--hostname**=*name*, **-h**
+#### **\-\-hostname**=*name*, **-h**
Container host name
Sets the container host name that is available inside the container. Can only be used with a private UTS namespace `--uts=private` (default). If `--pod` is specified and the pod shares the UTS namespace (default) the pod's hostname will be used.
-#### **--help**
+#### **\-\-help**
Print usage statement
-#### **--http-proxy**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-http-proxy**=*true|false*
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`
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ container:
Defaults to `true`
-#### **--image-volume**, **builtin-volume**=*bind|tmpfs|ignore*
+#### **\-\-image-volume**, **builtin-volume**=*bind|tmpfs|ignore*
Tells Podman how to handle the builtin image volumes. Default is **bind**.
@@ -430,37 +430,37 @@ Tells Podman how to handle the builtin image volumes. Default is **bind**.
content that disappears when the container is stopped.
- **ignore**: All volumes are just ignored and no action is taken.
-#### **--init**
+#### **\-\-init**
Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes.
-#### **--init-path**=*path*
+#### **\-\-init-path**=*path*
Path to the container-init binary.
-#### **--interactive**, **-i**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-interactive**, **-i**=*true|false*
Keep STDIN open even if not attached. The default is *false*.
-#### **--ip6**=*ip*
+#### **\-\-ip6**=*ip*
Not implemented
-#### **--ip**=*ip*
+#### **\-\-ip**=*ip*
Specify a static IP address for the container, for example **10.88.64.128**.
This option can only be used if the container is joined to only a single network - i.e., `--network=_network-name_` is used at most once -
and if the container is not joining another container's network namespace via `--network=container:_id_`.
The address must be within the CNI network's IP address pool (default **10.88.0.0/16**).
-#### **--ipc**=*ipc*
+#### **\-\-ipc**=*ipc*
Default is to create a private IPC namespace (POSIX SysV IPC) for the container
`container:<name|id>`: reuses another container shared memory, semaphores and message queues
`host`: use the host shared memory,semaphores and message queues inside the container. Note: the host mode gives the container full access to local shared memory and is therefore considered insecure.
`ns:<path>` path to an IPC namespace to join.
-#### **--kernel-memory**=*number[unit]*
+#### **\-\-kernel-memory**=*number[unit]*
Kernel memory limit (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))
@@ -470,34 +470,34 @@ is not limited. If you specify a limit, it may be rounded up to a multiple
of the operating system's page size and the value can be very large,
millions of trillions.
-#### **--label**, **-l**=*label*
+#### **\-\-label**, **-l**=*label*
Add metadata to a container (e.g., --label com.example.key=value)
-#### **--label-file**=*file*
+#### **\-\-label-file**=*file*
Read in a line delimited file of labels
-#### **--link-local-ip**=*ip*
+#### **\-\-link-local-ip**=*ip*
Not implemented
-#### **--log-driver**="*k8s-file*"
+#### **\-\-log-driver**="*k8s-file*"
Logging driver for the container. Currently available options are *k8s-file*, *journald*, and *none*, with *json-file* aliased to *k8s-file* for scripting compatibility.
-#### **--log-opt**=*name*=*value*
+#### **\-\-log-opt**=*name*=*value*
Set custom logging configuration. The following *name*s are supported:
- **path**: specify a path to the log file
-(e.g. **--log-opt path=/var/log/container/mycontainer.json**);
+(e.g. **\-\-log-opt path=/var/log/container/mycontainer.json**);
- **max-size**: specify a max size of the log file
-(e.g. **--log-opt max-size=10mb**);
+(e.g. **\-\-log-opt max-size=10mb**);
- **tag**: specify a custom log tag for the container
-(e.g. **--log-opt tag="{{.ImageName}}"**.
+(e.g. **\-\-log-opt tag="{{.ImageName}}"**.
It supports the same keys as **podman inspect --format**.
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ It supports the same keys as `podman inspect --format`.
It is currently supported only by the journald log driver.
-#### **--mac-address**=*address*
+#### **\-\-mac-address**=*address*
Container MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ Remember that the MAC address in an Ethernet network must be unique.
The IPv6 link-local address will be based on the device's MAC address
according to RFC4862.
-#### **--memory**, **-m**=*limit*
+#### **\-\-memory**, **-m**=*limit*
Memory limit (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))
@@ -527,32 +527,32 @@ 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).
-#### **--memory-reservation**=*limit*
+#### **\-\-memory-reservation**=*limit*
Memory soft limit (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))
After setting memory reservation, when the system detects memory contention
or low memory, containers are forced to restrict their consumption to their
-reservation. So you should always set the value below **--memory**, otherwise the
+reservation. So you should always set the value below **\-\-memory**, otherwise the
hard limit will take precedence. By default, memory reservation will be the same
as memory limit.
-#### **--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**
-(**--memory**) value. By default, the swap `LIMIT` will be set to double
+(**\-\-memory**) flag. The swap `LIMIT` should always be larger than **-m**
+(**\-\-memory**) value. By default, the swap `LIMIT` will be set to double
the value of --memory.
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.
-#### **--memory-swappiness**=*number*
+#### **\-\-memory-swappiness**=*number*
Tune a container's memory swappiness behavior. Accepts an integer between 0 and 100.
-#### **--mount**=*type=TYPE,TYPE-SPECIFIC-OPTION[,...]*
+#### **\-\-mount**=*type=TYPE,TYPE-SPECIFIC-OPTION[,...]*
Attach a filesystem mount to the container
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ Current supported mount TYPEs are **bind**, **volume**, **image**, **tmpfs** and
· notmpcopyup: Disable copying files from the image to the tmpfs.
-#### **--name**=*name*
+#### **\-\-name**=*name*
Assign a name to the container
@@ -619,13 +619,13 @@ UUID short identifier (“f78375b1c487”)
Name (“jonah”)
podman generates a UUID for each container, and if a name is not assigned
-to the container with **--name** then it will generate a random
+to the container with **\-\-name** then it will generate a random
string name. The name is useful any place you need to identify a container.
This works for both background and foreground containers.
-#### **--network**=*mode*, **--net**
+#### **\-\-network**=*mode*, **\-\-net**
-Set the network mode for the container. Invalid if using **--dns**, **--dns-opt**, or **--dns-search** with **--network** that is set to **none** or **container:**_id_. If used together with **--pod**, the container will not join the pod's network namespace.
+Set the network mode for the container. Invalid if using **\-\-dns**, **\-\-dns-opt**, or **\-\-dns-search** with **\-\-network** that is set to **none** or **container:**_id_. If used together with **\-\-pod**, the container will not join the pod's network namespace.
Valid _mode_ values are:
@@ -648,33 +648,33 @@ Valid _mode_ values are:
- **port_handler=rootlesskit**: Use rootlesskit for port forwarding. Default.
- **port_handler=slirp4netns**: Use the slirp4netns port forwarding.
-#### **--network-alias**=*alias*
+#### **\-\-network-alias**=*alias*
Add network-scoped alias for the container
-#### **--no-healthcheck**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-no-healthcheck**=*true|false*
Disable any defined healthchecks for container.
-#### **--no-hosts**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-no-hosts**=*true|false*
Do not create /etc/hosts for the container.
-By default, Podman will manage /etc/hosts, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **--add-host**.
-#### **--no-hosts** disables this, and the image's **/etc/host** will be preserved unmodified.
-This option conflicts with **--add-host**.
+By default, Podman will manage /etc/hosts, adding the container's own IP address and any hosts from **\-\-add-host**.
+#### **\-\-no-hosts** disables this, and the image's **/etc/host** will be preserved unmodified.
+This option conflicts with **\-\-add-host**.
-#### **--oom-kill-disable**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-oom-kill-disable**=*true|false*
Whether to disable OOM Killer for the container or not.
-#### **--oom-score-adj**=*num*
+#### **\-\-oom-score-adj**=*num*
Tune the host's OOM preferences for containers (accepts -1000 to 1000)
-#### **--os**=*OS*
+#### **\-\-os**=*OS*
Override the OS, defaults to hosts, of the image to be pulled. For example, `windows`.
-#### **--pid**=*pid*
+#### **\-\-pid**=*pid*
Set the PID mode for the container
Default is to create a private PID namespace for the container
@@ -683,25 +683,25 @@ Default is to create a private PID namespace for the container
- `ns`: join the specified PID namespace
- `private`: create a new namespace for the container (default)
-#### **--pids-limit**=*limit*
+#### **\-\-pids-limit**=*limit*
Tune the container's pids limit. Set `0` to have unlimited pids for the container. (default "4096" on systems that support PIDS cgroups).
-#### **--platform**=*OS/ARCH*
+#### **\-\-platform**=*OS/ARCH*
Specify the platform for selecting the image. (Conflicts with --arch and --os)
The `--platform` option can be used to override the current architecture and operating system.
-#### **--pod**=*name*
+#### **\-\-pod**=*name*
Run container in an existing pod. If you want Podman to make the pod for you, preference the pod name with `new:`.
To make a pod with more granular options, use the `podman pod create` command before creating a container.
-#### **--pod-id-file**=*path*
+#### **\-\-pod-id-file**=*path*
Run container in an existing pod and read the pod's ID from the specified file. If a container is run within a pod, and the pod has an infra-container, the infra-container will be started before the container is.
-#### **--privileged**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-privileged**=*true|false*
Give extended privileges to this container. The default is *false*.
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ container.
Rootless containers cannot have more privileges than the account that launched them.
-#### **--publish**, **-p**=*port*
+#### **\-\-publish**, **-p**=*port*
Publish a container's port, or range of ports, to the host
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ associated ports. If one container binds to a port, no other container can use t
within the pod while it is in use. Containers in the pod can also communicate over localhost
by having one container bind to localhost in the pod, and another connect to that port.
-#### **--publish-all**, **-P**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-publish-all**, **-P**=*true|false*
Publish all exposed ports to random ports on the host interfaces. The default is *false*.
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ port to a random port on the host within an *ephemeral port range* defined by
`/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range`. To find the mapping between the host
ports and the exposed ports, use `podman port`.
-#### **--pull**=*missing*
+#### **\-\-pull**=*missing*
Pull image before creating ("always"|"missing"|"never") (default "missing").
'missing': default value, attempt to pull the latest image from the registries listed in registries.conf if a local image does not exist.Raise an error if the image is not in any listed registry and is not present locally.
@@ -761,11 +761,11 @@ Pull image before creating ("always"|"missing"|"never") (default "missing").
Defaults to *missing*.
-#### **--quiet**, **-q**
+#### **\-\-quiet**, **-q**
Suppress output information when pulling images
-#### **--read-only**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-read-only**=*true|false*
Mount the container's root filesystem as read only.
@@ -773,15 +773,15 @@ By default a container will have its root filesystem writable allowing processes
to write files anywhere. By specifying the `--read-only` flag the container will have
its root filesystem mounted as read only prohibiting any writes.
-#### **--read-only-tmpfs**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-read-only-tmpfs**=*true|false*
If container is running in --read-only mode, then mount a read-write tmpfs on /run, /tmp, and /var/tmp. The default is *true*
-#### **--replace**=**true**|**false**
+#### **\-\-replace**=**true**|**false**
If another container with the same name already exists, replace and remove it. The default is **false**.
-#### **--restart**=*policy*
+#### **\-\-restart**=*policy*
Restart policy to follow when containers exit.
Restart policy will not take effect if a container is stopped via the `podman kill` or `podman stop` commands.
@@ -797,18 +797,18 @@ Please note that restart will not restart containers after a system reboot.
If this functionality is required in your environment, you can invoke Podman from a systemd unit file, or create an init script for whichever init system is in use.
To generate systemd unit files, please see *podman generate systemd*
-#### **--rm**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-rm**=*true|false*
Automatically remove the container when it exits. The default is *false*.
-#### **--rootfs**
+#### **\-\-rootfs**
If specified, the first argument refers to an exploded container on the file system.
This is useful to run a container without requiring any image management, the rootfs
of the container is assumed to be managed externally.
-#### **--sdnotify**=**container**|**conmon**|**ignore**
+#### **\-\-sdnotify**=**container**|**conmon**|**ignore**
Determines how to use the NOTIFY_SOCKET, as passed with systemd and Type=notify.
@@ -819,13 +819,13 @@ has started. The socket is never passed to the runtime or the container.
The **ignore** option removes NOTIFY_SOCKET from the environment for itself and child processes,
for the case where some other process above Podman uses NOTIFY_SOCKET and Podman should not use it.
-#### **--seccomp-policy**=*policy*
+#### **\-\-seccomp-policy**=*policy*
-Specify the policy to select the seccomp profile. If set to *image*, Podman will look for a "io.podman.seccomp.profile" label in the container-image config and use its value as a seccomp profile. Otherwise, Podman will follow the *default* policy by applying the default profile unless specified otherwise via *--security-opt seccomp* as described below.
+Specify the policy to select the seccomp profile. If set to *image*, Podman will look for a "io.containers.seccomp.profile" label in the container-image config and use its value as a seccomp profile. Otherwise, Podman will follow the *default* policy by applying the default profile unless specified otherwise via *--security-opt seccomp* as described below.
Note that this feature is experimental and may change in the future.
-#### **--secret**=*secret*
+#### **\-\-secret**=*secret*
Give the container access to a secret. Can be specified multiple times.
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ secret value will still remain.
Secrets are managed using the `podman secret` command.
-#### **--security-opt**=*option*
+#### **\-\-security-opt**=*option*
Security Options
@@ -871,30 +871,30 @@ Security Options
Note: Labeling can be disabled for all containers by setting label=false in the **containers.conf** (`/etc/containers/containers.conf` or `$HOME/.config/containers/containers.conf`) file.
-#### **--shm-size**=*size*
+#### **\-\-shm-size**=*size*
Size of `/dev/shm` (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = 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`.
When size is `0`, there is no limit on the amount of memory used for IPC by the container.
-#### **--stop-signal**=*SIGTERM*
+#### **\-\-stop-signal**=*SIGTERM*
Signal to stop a container. Default is SIGTERM.
-#### **--stop-timeout**=*seconds*
+#### **\-\-stop-timeout**=*seconds*
Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container. Default is 10.
Remote connections use local containers.conf for defaults
-#### **--subgidname**=*name*
+#### **\-\-subgidname**=*name*
Name for GID map from the `/etc/subgid` file. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. This flag conflicts with `--userns` and `--gidmap`.
-#### **--subuidname**=*name*
+#### **\-\-subuidname**=*name*
Name for UID map from the `/etc/subuid` file. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. This flag conflicts with `--userns` and `--uidmap`.
-#### **--sysctl**=*SYSCTL*
+#### **\-\-sysctl**=*SYSCTL*
Configure namespaced kernel parameters at runtime
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ Network Namespace - current sysctls allowed:
Note: if you use the --network=host option these sysctls will not be allowed.
-#### **--systemd**=*true|false|always*
+#### **\-\-systemd**=*true|false|always*
Run container in systemd mode. The default is *true*.
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ The `container_manage_cgroup` boolean must be enabled for this to be allowed on
`setsebool -P container_manage_cgroup true`
-#### **--tmpfs**=*fs*
+#### **\-\-tmpfs**=*fs*
Create a tmpfs mount
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ options are the same as the Linux default `mount` flags. If you do not specify
any options, the systems uses the following options:
`rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev`.
-#### **--tty**, **-t**=*true|false*
+#### **\-\-tty**, **-t**=*true|false*
Allocate a pseudo-TTY. The default is *false*.
@@ -958,29 +958,29 @@ interactive shell. The default is false.
Note: The **-t** option is incompatible with a redirection of the Podman client
standard input.
-#### **--tz**=*timezone*
+#### **\-\-tz**=*timezone*
Set timezone in container. This flag takes area-based timezones, GMT time, as well as `local`, which sets the timezone in the container to match the host machine. See `/usr/share/zoneinfo/` for valid timezones.
Remote connections use local containers.conf for defaults
-#### **--umask**=*umask*
+#### **\-\-umask**=*umask*
Set the umask inside the container. Defaults to `0022`.
Remote connections use local containers.conf for defaults
-#### **--uidmap**=*container_uid:host_uid:amount*
+#### **\-\-uidmap**=*container_uid:host_uid:amount*
UID map for the user namespace. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. It conflicts with the `--userns` and `--subuidname` flags.
The following example maps uids 0-2000 in the container to the uids 30000-31999 on the host and gids 0-2000 in the container to the gids 30000-31999 on the host. `--uidmap=0:30000:2000`
-#### **--ulimit**=*option*
+#### **\-\-ulimit**=*option*
Ulimit options
You can pass `host` to copy the current configuration from the host.
-#### **--user**, **-u**=*user*
+#### **\-\-user**, **-u**=*user*
Sets the username or UID used and optionally the groupname or GID for the specified command.
@@ -989,12 +989,12 @@ The following examples are all valid:
Without this argument the command will be run as root in the container.
-#### **--userns**=*auto*[:OPTIONS]
-#### **--userns**=*host*
-#### **--userns**=*keep-id*
-#### **--userns**=container:container
-#### **--userns**=private
-#### **--userns**=*ns:my_namespace*
+#### **\-\-userns**=*auto*[:OPTIONS]
+#### **\-\-userns**=*host*
+#### **\-\-userns**=*keep-id*
+#### **\-\-userns**=container:container
+#### **\-\-userns**=private
+#### **\-\-userns**=*ns:my_namespace*
Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERNS** environment variable. An empty value means user namespaces are disabled.
@@ -1009,9 +1009,9 @@ Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the **PODMAN_USERN
- `ns`: run the container in the given existing user namespace.
- `private`: create a new namespace for the container (default)
-This option is incompatible with **--gidmap**, **--uidmap**, **--subuidname** and **--subgidname**.
+This option is incompatible with **\-\-gidmap**, **\-\-uidmap**, **\-\-subuidname** and **\-\-subgidname**.
-#### **--uts**=*mode*
+#### **\-\-uts**=*mode*
Set the UTS namespace mode for the container. The following values are supported:
@@ -1020,10 +1020,10 @@ Set the UTS namespace mode for the container. The following values are supported
- **ns:[path]**: run the container in the given existing UTS namespace.
- **container:[container]**: join the UTS namespace of the specified container.
-#### **--variant**=*VARIANT*
+#### **\-\-variant**=*VARIANT*
Use _VARIANT_ instead of the default architecture variant of the container image. Some images can use multiple variants of the arm architectures, such as arm/v5 and arm/v7.
-#### **--volume**, **-v**[=*[[SOURCE-VOLUME|HOST-DIR:]CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*]
+#### **\-\-volume**, **-v**[=*[[SOURCE-VOLUME|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
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ will convert /foo into a `shared` mount point. Alternatively one can directly
change propagation properties of source mount. Say `/` is source mount for
`/foo`, then use `mount --make-shared /` to convert `/` into a `shared` mount.
-#### **--volumes-from**[=*CONTAINER*[:*OPTIONS*]]
+#### **\-\-volumes-from**[=*CONTAINER*[:*OPTIONS*]]
Mount volumes from the specified container(s). Used to share volumes between
containers. The *options* is a comma delimited list with the following available elements:
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ If the location of the volume from the source container overlaps with
data residing on a target container, then the volume hides
that data on the target.
-#### **--workdir**, **-w**=*dir*
+#### **\-\-workdir**, **-w**=*dir*
Working directory inside the container
@@ -1274,11 +1274,11 @@ Environment variables within containers can be set using multiple different opti
Precedence order (later entries override earlier entries):
-- **--env-host** : Host environment of the process executing Podman is added.
-- **--http-proxy**: By default, several environment variables will be passed in from the host, such as **http_proxy** and **no_proxy**. See **--http-proxy** for details.
+- **\-\-env-host** : Host environment of the process executing Podman is added.
+- **\-\-http-proxy**: By default, several environment variables will be passed in from the host, such as **http_proxy** and **no_proxy**. See **\-\-http-proxy** for details.
- Container image : Any environment variables specified in the container image.
-- **--env-file** : Any environment variables specified via env-files. If multiple files specified, then they override each other in order of entry.
-- **--env** : Any environment variables specified will override previous settings.
+- **\-\-env-file** : Any environment variables specified via env-files. If multiple files specified, then they override each other in order of entry.
+- **\-\-env** : Any environment variables specified will override previous settings.
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