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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md index 5c07cd975..a11897081 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md @@ -28,6 +28,60 @@ archives. Not compressing the checkpoint archive can result in faster checkpoint archive creation.\ The default is **zstd**. +#### **--create-image**=*image* + +Create a checkpoint image from a running container. This is a standard OCI image +created in the local image store. It consists of a single layer that contains +all of the checkpoint files. The content of this image layer is in the same format as a +checkpoint created with **--export**. A checkpoint image can be pushed to a +standard container registry and pulled on a different system to enable container +migration. In addition, the image can be exported with **podman image save** and +inspected with **podman inspect**. Inspecting a checkpoint image would display +additional information, stored as annotations, about the host environment used +to do the checkpoint: + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.name**: Human-readable name of the original + container. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.rawImageName**: Unprocessed name of the + image used to create the original container (as specified by the user). + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.rootfsImageID**: ID of the image used to + create the original container. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.rootfsImageName**: Image name used to + create the original container. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.podman.version**: Version of Podman used to + create the checkpoint. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.criu.version**: Version of CRIU used to + create the checkpoint. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.name**: Container runtime (e.g., + runc, crun) used to create the checkpoint. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.version**: Version of the container + runtime used to create the checkpoint. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.conmon.version**: Version of conmon used + with the original container. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.host.arch**: CPU architecture of the host + on which the checkpoint was created. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.host.kernel**: Version of Linux kernel + of the host where the checkpoint was created. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.cgroups.version**: cgroup version used by + the host where the checkpoint was created. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.distribution.version**: Version of host + distribution on which the checkpoint was created. + +- **io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.distribution.name**: Name of host + distribution on which the checkpoint was created. + #### **--export**, **-e**=*archive* Export the checkpoint to a tar.gz file. The exported checkpoint can be used @@ -145,6 +199,11 @@ Make a checkpoint for the container "mywebserver". # podman container checkpoint mywebserver ``` +Create a checkpoint image for the container "mywebserver". +``` +# podman container checkpoint --create-image mywebserver-checkpoint-1 mywebserver +``` + Dumps the container's memory information of the latest container into an archive. ``` # podman container checkpoint -P -e pre-checkpoint.tar.gz -l diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md index 5b1bf82c5..a70cc30d1 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-restore.1.md @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ podman\-container\-restore - Restores one or more containers from a checkpoint ## SYNOPSIS -**podman container restore** [*options*] *container* [*container* ...] +**podman container restore** [*options*] *name* [...] ## DESCRIPTION -**podman container restore** restores a container from a checkpoint. The *container IDs* or *names* are used as input. +**podman container restore** restores a container from a container checkpoint or +checkpoint image. The *container IDs*, *image IDs* or *names* are used as input. ## OPTIONS #### **--all**, **-a** @@ -106,14 +107,16 @@ If the **--name, -n** option is used, Podman will not attempt to assign the same 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**.\ -*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available in combination with __--import, -i__.* +*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available for a checkpoint image or in combination +with __--import, -i__.* #### **--pod**=*name* Restore a container into the pod *name*. The destination pod for this restore has to have the same namespaces shared as the pod this container was checkpointed from (see **[podman pod create --share](podman-pod-create.1.md#--share)**).\ -*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available in combination with __--import, -i__.* +*IMPORTANT: This OPTION is only available for a checkpoint image or in combination +with __--import, -i__.* This option requires at least CRIU 3.16. @@ -175,6 +178,15 @@ $ podman run --rm -p 2345:80 -d webserver # podman container restore -p 5432:8080 --import=dump.tar ``` +Start a container with the name "foobar-1". Create a checkpoint image "foobar-checkpoint". Restore the container from the checkpoint image with a different name. +``` +# podman run --name foobar-1 -d webserver +# podman container checkpoint --create-image foobar-checkpoint foobar-1 +# podman inspect foobar-checkpoint +# podman container restore --name foobar-2 foobar-checkpoint +# podman container restore --name foobar-3 foobar-checkpoint +``` + ## SEE ALSO **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-container-checkpoint(1)](podman-container-checkpoint.1.md)**, **[podman-run(1)](podman-run.1.md)**, **[podman-pod-create(1)](podman-pod-create.1.md)**, **criu(8)** |