% podman-remote.conf(5) ## NAME podman-remote.conf - configuration file for the podman remote client ## DESCRIPTION The libpod.conf file is the default configuration file for all tools using libpod to manage containers. The podman-remote.conf file is the default configuration file for the podman remote client. It is in the TOML format. It is primarily used to keep track of the user's remote connections. ## CONNECTION OPTIONS **destination** = "" The hostname or IP address of the remote system **username** = "" The username to use when connecting to the remote system **default** = bool Denotes whether the connection is the default connection for the user. The default connection is used when the user does not specify a destination or connection name to `podman`. **port** = int Use an alternative port for the ssh connections. The default port is 22. ## EXAMPLE The following example depicts a configuration file with two connections. One of the connections is designated as the default connection. ``` [connections] [connections.host1] destination = "host1" username = "homer" default = true [connections.host2] destination = "192.168.122.133" username = "fedora" port = 2222 ``` ## FILES `/$HOME/.config/containers/podman-remote.conf`, default location for the podman remote configuration file ## HISTORY May 2019, Originally compiled by Brent Baude