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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md b/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md index 821c07647..ba28655f6 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md +++ b/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md @@ -106,9 +106,50 @@ Once the Administrator has completed the setup on the machine and then the confi ### User Configuration Files -The Podman configuration files for root reside in `/usr/share/containers` with overrides in `/etc/containers`. In the rootless environment they reside in `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/containers` (usually `~/.config/containers`) and are owned by each individual user. The main files are `containers.conf` and `storage.conf` and the user can modify these files as they wish. +The Podman configuration files for root reside in `/usr/share/containers` with overrides in `/etc/containers`. In the rootless environment they reside in `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/containers` (usually `~/.config/containers`) and are owned by each individual user. -The default authorization file used by the `podman login` and `podman logout` commands reside in `${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json`. +The three main configuration files are [containers.conf](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/master/docs/containers.conf.5.md), [storage.conf](https://github.com/containers/storage/blob/master/docs/containers-storage.conf.5.md) and [registries.conf](https://github.com/containers/image/blob/master/docs/containers-registries.conf.5.md). The user can modify these files as they wish. + +#### containers.conf +Podman reads +1. `/usr/share/containers/containers.conf` +2. `/etc/containers/containers.conf` +3. `$HOME/.config/containers/containers.conf` + +if they exist in that order. Each file can override the previous for particular fields. + +#### storage.conf +For `storage.conf` the order is +1. `/etc/containers/storage.conf` +2. `$HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf` + +In rootless podman certain fields in `/etc/containers/storage.conf` are ignored. These fields are: +``` +graphroot="" + container storage graph dir (default: "/var/lib/containers/storage") + Default directory to store all writable content created by container storage programs. + +runroot="" + container storage run dir (default: "/var/run/containers/storage") + Default directory to store all temporary writable content created by container storage programs. +``` +In rootless podman these fields default to +``` +graphroot="$HOME/.local/share/containers/storage" +runroot="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers" +``` +[$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html#variables) defaults on most systems to `/run/user/$UID`. + +#### registries +Registry configuration is read in by this order +1. `/etc/containers/registries.conf` +2. `/etc/containers/registries.d/*` +3. `HOME/.config/containers/registries.conf` + +The files in the home directory should be used to configure rootless podman for personal needs. These files are not created by default. Users can copy the files from `/usr/share/containers` or `/etc/containers` and modify them. + +#### Authorization files + The default authorization file used by the `podman login` and `podman logout` commands reside in `${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json`. ### Using volumes |