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diff --git a/docs/podman-run.1.md b/docs/podman-run.1.md index 8fb7453fe..3d07ebcfa 100644 --- a/docs/podman-run.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-run.1.md @@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ Current supported mount TYPES are bind, and tmpfs. type=bind,source=/path/on/host,destination=/path/in/container + type=bind,source=volume-name,destination=/path/in/container + type=tmpfs,tmpfs-size=512M,destination=/path/in/container Common Options: @@ -821,18 +823,22 @@ Set the UTS mode for the container **NOTE**: the host mode gives the container access to changing the host's hostname and is therefore considered insecure. -**--volume**, **-v**[=*[HOST-DIR:CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]*] +**--volume**, **-v**[=*[HOST-DIR-OR-VOUME-NAME: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 -container. The `OPTIONS` are a comma delimited list and can be: +container. Similarly, `-v VOLUME-NAME:/CONTAINER-DIR` will mount the volume +in the host to the container. If no such named volume exists, podman will +create one. + + The `OPTIONS` are a comma delimited list and can be: * [`rw`|`ro`] * [`z`|`Z`] * [`[r]shared`|`[r]slave`|`[r]private`] -The `CONTAINER-DIR` must be an absolute path such as `/src/docs`. The `HOST-DIR` -must be an absolute path as well. podman bind-mounts the `HOST-DIR` to the +The `/CONTAINER-DIR` must be an absolute path such as `/src/docs`. The `/HOST-DIR` +must be an absolute path as well. Podman bind-mounts the `HOST-DIR` to the path you specify. For example, if you supply the `/foo` value, podman creates a bind-mount. You can specify multiple **-v** options to mount one or more mounts to a @@ -1092,18 +1098,26 @@ $ podman run -p 8080:80 -d -i -t fedora/httpd To mount a host directory as a container volume, specify the absolute path to the directory and the absolute path for the container directory separated by a -colon: +colon. If the source is a named volume maintained by podman, it's recommended to +use it's name rather than the path to the volume. Otherwise the volume will be +considered as an orphan and wiped if you execute `podman volume prune`: ``` $ podman run -v /var/db:/data1 -i -t fedora bash + +$ podman run -v data:/data2 -i -t fedora bash ``` Using --mount flags, To mount a host directory as a container folder, specify -the absolute path to the directory and the absolute path for the container -directory: +the absolute path to the directory or the volume name, and the absolute path +within the container directory: +```` $ podman run --mount type=bind,src=/var/db,target=/data1 busybox sh +$ podman run --mount type=bind,src=volume-name,target=/data1 busybox sh +```` + When using SELinux, be aware that the host has no knowledge of container SELinux policy. Therefore, in the above example, if SELinux policy is enforced, the `/var/db` directory is not writable to the container. A "Permission Denied" @@ -1178,7 +1192,7 @@ $ podman run --sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 someimage Note: -Not all sysctls are namespaced. podman does not support changing sysctls +Not all sysctls are namespaced. Podman does not support changing sysctls inside of a container that also modify the host system. As the kernel evolves we expect to see more sysctls become namespaced. |