1podman-init(1)              General Commands Manual             podman-init(1)
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NAME

6       podman-init - Initialize one or more containers
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman init [options] container [container...]
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DESCRIPTION

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  in‐
25       spect the container before it runs, or debug why a container is failing
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OPTIONS

30   --all, -a
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38       container.  If you use methods other than Podman to run containers such
39       as CRI-O, the last started container could  be  from  either  of  those
40       methods.  (This  option is not available with the remote Podman client,
41       including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)
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EXAMPLE

45       Initialize container with a given ID
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SEE ALSO

67       podman(1), podman-start(1)
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HISTORY

71       April  2019,  Originally  compiled  by  Matthew  Heon  mheon@redhat.com
72       ⟨mailto:mheon@redhat.com⟩
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