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6 podman-init - Initialize one or more containers
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10 podman init [options] container [container...]
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13 podman container init [options] container [container...]
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17 Initialize one or more containers. You may use container IDs or names
18 as input. Initializing a container performs all tasks necessary for
19 starting the container (mounting filesystems, creating an OCI spec,
20 initializing the container network) but does not start the container.
21 If a container is not initialized, the podman start and podman run com‐
22 mands will do so automatically prior to starting it. This command is
23 intended to be used for inspecting or modifying the container's
24 filesystem or OCI spec prior to starting it. This can be used to
25 inspect the container before it runs, or debug why a container is fail‐
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33 Initialize all containers. Containers that have already initialized
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42 container. If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such
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61 podman(1), podman-start(1)
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65 April 2019, Originally compiled by Matthew Heon mheon@redhat.com
66 ⟨mailto:mheon@redhat.com⟩
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