1podman-pod-clone(1) General Commands Manual podman-pod-clone(1)
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6 podman-pod-clone - Create a copy of an existing pod
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10 podman pod clone [options] pod name
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14 podman pod clone creates a copy of a pod, recreating the identical con‐
15 fig for the pod and for all of its containers. Users can modify the
16 pods new name and select pod details within the infra container
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20 --blkio-weight=weight
21 Block IO relative weight. The weight is a value between 10 and 1000.
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24 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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27 --blkio-weight-device=device:weight
28 Block IO relative device weight.
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31 --cgroup-parent=path
32 Path to cgroups under which the cgroup for the pod is created. If the
33 path is not absolute, the path is considered to be relative to the
34 cgroups path of the init process. Cgroups are created if they do not
35 already exist.
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38 --cpu-shares, -c=shares
39 CPU shares (relative weight).
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42 By default, all containers get the same proportion of CPU cycles. This
43 proportion can be modified by changing the container's CPU share
44 weighting relative to the combined weight of all the running contain‐
45 ers. Default weight is 1024.
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48 The proportion only applies when CPU-intensive processes are running.
49 When tasks in one container are idle, other containers can use the
50 left-over CPU time. The actual amount of CPU time varies depending on
51 the number of containers running on the system.
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54 For example, consider three containers, one has a cpu-share of 1024 and
55 two others have a cpu-share setting of 512. When processes in all three
56 containers attempt to use 100% of CPU, the first container receives 50%
57 of the total CPU time. If a fourth container is added with a cpu-share
58 of 1024, the first container only gets 33% of the CPU. The remaining
59 containers receive 16.5%, 16.5% and 33% of the CPU.
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62 On a multi-core system, the shares of CPU time are distributed over all
63 CPU cores. Even if a container is limited to less than 100% of CPU
64 time, it can use 100% of each individual CPU core.
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67 For example, consider a system with more than three cores. If the con‐
68 tainer C0 is started with --cpu-shares=512 running one process, and an‐
69 other container C1 with --cpu-shares=1024 running two processes, this
70 can result in the following division of CPU shares:
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73 ┌────┬───────────┬─────┬──────────────┐
74 │PID │ container │ CPU │ CPU share │
75 ├────┼───────────┼─────┼──────────────┤
76 │100 │ C0 │ 0 │ 100% of CPU0 │
77 ├────┼───────────┼─────┼──────────────┤
78 │101 │ C1 │ 1 │ 100% of CPU1 │
79 ├────┼───────────┼─────┼──────────────┤
80 │102 │ C1 │ 2 │ 100% of CPU2 │
81 └────┴───────────┴─────┴──────────────┘
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83 On some systems, changing the resource limits may not be allowed for
84 non-root users. For more details, see https://github.com/contain‐
85 ers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-re‐
86 source-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
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89 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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92 --cpus
93 Set a number of CPUs for the pod that overrides the original pods CPU
94 limits. If none are specified, the original pod's Nano CPUs are used.
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97 --cpuset-cpus=number
98 CPUs in which to allow execution. Can be specified as a comma-separated
99 list (e.g. 0,1), as a range (e.g. 0-3), or any combination thereof
100 (e.g. 0-3,7,11-15).
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103 On some systems, changing the resource limits may not be allowed for
104 non-root users. For more details, see https://github.com/contain‐
105 ers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-re‐
106 source-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
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109 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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112 If none are specified, the original pod's CPUset is used.
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115 --cpuset-mems=nodes
116 Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effec‐
117 tive on NUMA systems.
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120 If there are four memory nodes on the system (0-3), use --cpuset-
121 mems=0,1 then processes in the container only uses memory from the
122 first two memory nodes.
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125 On some systems, changing the resource limits may not be allowed for
126 non-root users. For more details, see https://github.com/contain‐
127 ers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-re‐
128 source-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
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131 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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134 --destroy
135 Remove the original pod that we are cloning once used to mimic the con‐
136 figuration.
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139 --device=host-device[:container-device][:permissions]
140 Add a host device to the pod. Optional permissions parameter can be
141 used to specify device permissions by combining r for read, w for
142 write, and m for mknod(2).
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145 Example: --device=/dev/sdc:/dev/xvdc:rwm.
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148 Note: if host-device is a symbolic link then it is resolved first. The
149 pod only stores the major and minor numbers of the host device.
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152 Podman may load kernel modules required for using the specified device.
153 The devices that Podman loads modules for when necessary are:
154 /dev/fuse.
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157 In rootless mode, the new device is bind mounted in the container from
158 the host rather than Podman creating it within the container space. Be‐
159 cause the bind mount retains its SELinux label on SELinux systems, the
160 container can get permission denied when accessing the mounted device.
161 Modify SELinux settings to allow containers to use all device labels
162 via the following command:
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165 $ sudo setsebool -P container_use_devices=true
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168 Note: the pod implements devices by storing the initial configuration
169 passed by the user and recreating the device on each container added to
170 the pod.
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173 --device-read-bps=path:rate
174 Limit read rate (in bytes per second) from a device (e.g. --device-
175 read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb).
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178 On some systems, changing the resource limits may not be allowed for
179 non-root users. For more details, see https://github.com/contain‐
180 ers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-re‐
181 source-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
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184 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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187 --device-write-bps=path:rate
188 Limit write rate (in bytes per second) to a device (e.g. --device-
189 write-bps=/dev/sda:1mb).
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192 On some systems, changing the resource limits may not be allowed for
193 non-root users. For more details, see https://github.com/contain‐
194 ers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-re‐
195 source-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
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198 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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201 --gidmap=pod_gid:host_gid:amount
202 GID map for the user namespace. Using this flag runs all containers in
203 the pod with user namespace enabled. It conflicts with the --userns
204 and --subgidname flags.
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207 --help, -h
208 Print usage statement.
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211 --hostname=name
212 Set a hostname to the pod.
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215 --infra-command=command
216 The command that is run to start the infra container. Default:
217 "/pause".
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220 --infra-conmon-pidfile=file
221 Write the pid of the infra container's conmon process to a file. As
222 conmon runs in a separate process than Podman, this is necessary when
223 using systemd to manage Podman containers and pods.
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226 --infra-name=name
227 The name that is used for the pod's infra container.
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230 --label, -l=key=value
231 Add metadata to a pod.
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234 --label-file=file
235 Read in a line-delimited file of labels.
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238 --memory, -m=number[unit]
239 Memory limit. A unit can be b (bytes), k (kibibytes), m (mebibytes), or
240 g (gibibytes).
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243 Allows the memory available to a container to be constrained. If the
244 host supports swap memory, then the -m memory setting can be larger
245 than physical RAM. If a limit of 0 is specified (not using -m), the
246 container's memory is not limited. The actual limit may be rounded up
247 to a multiple of the operating system's page size (the value is very
248 large, that's millions of trillions).
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251 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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254 --memory-swap=number[unit]
255 A limit value equal to memory plus swap. A unit can be b (bytes), k
256 (kibibytes), m (mebibytes), or g (gibibytes).
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259 Must be used with the -m (--memory) flag. The argument value must be
260 larger than that of
261 -m (--memory) By default, it is set to double the value of --memory.
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264 Set number to -1 to enable unlimited swap.
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267 This option is not supported on cgroups V1 rootless systems.
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270 --name, -n
271 Set a custom name for the cloned pod. The default if not specified is
272 of the syntax: <ORIGINAL_NAME>-clone
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275 --pid=pid
276 Set the PID mode for the pod. The default is to create a private PID
277 namespace for the pod. Requires the PID namespace to be shared via
278 --share.
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280 host: use the host’s PID namespace for the pod
281 ns: join the specified PID namespace
282 private: create a new namespace for the pod (default)
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286 --restart=policy
287 Restart policy to follow when containers exit. Restart policy does not
288 take effect if a container is stopped via the podman kill or podman
289 stop commands.
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292 Valid policy values are:
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295 • no : Do not restart containers on exit
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297 • never : Synonym for no; do not restart con‐
298 tainers on exit
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300 • on-failure[:max_retries] : Restart containers when they exit
301 with a non-zero exit code, retrying indefinitely or until the
302 optional max_retries count is hit
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304 • always : Restart containers when they exit,
305 regardless of status, retrying indefinitely
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307 • unless-stopped : Identical to always
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311 Podman provides a systemd unit file, podman-restart.service, which
312 restarts containers after a system reboot.
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315 When running containers in systemd services, use the restart function‐
316 ality provided by systemd. In other words, do not use this option in a
317 container unit, instead set the Restart= systemd directive in the [Ser‐
318 vice] section. See podman-systemd.unit(5) and systemd.service(5).
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321 Default restart policy for all the containers in a pod.
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324 --security-opt=option
325 Security Options
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328 • apparmor=unconfined : Turn off apparmor confinement for the
329 pod
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331 • apparmor=alternate-profile : Set the apparmor confinement pro‐
332 file for the pod
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334 • label=user:USER: Set the label user for the pod processes
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336 • label=role:ROLE: Set the label role for the pod processes
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338 • label=type:TYPE: Set the label process type for the pod pro‐
339 cesses
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341 • label=level:LEVEL: Set the label level for the pod processes
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343 • label=filetype:TYPE: Set the label file type for the pod files
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345 • label=disable: Turn off label separation for the pod
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349 Note: Labeling can be disabled for all pods/containers by setting la‐
350 bel=false in the containers.conf (/etc/containers/containers.conf or
351 $HOME/.config/containers/containers.conf) file.
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354 • label=nested: Allows SELinux modifications within the con‐
355 tainer. Containers are allowed to modify SELinux labels on
356 files and processes, as long as SELinux policy allows. Without
357 nested, containers view SELinux as disabled, even when it is
358 enabled on the host. Containers are prevented from setting any
359 labels.
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361 • mask=/path/1:/path/2: The paths to mask separated by a colon.
362 A masked path cannot be accessed inside the containers within
363 the pod.
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365 • no-new-privileges: Disable container processes from gaining
366 additional privileges.
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368 • seccomp=unconfined: Turn off seccomp confinement for the pod.
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370 • seccomp=profile.json: JSON file to be used as a seccomp fil‐
371 ter. Note that the io.podman.annotations.seccomp annotation is
372 set with the specified value as shown in podman inspect.
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374 • proc-opts=OPTIONS : Comma-separated list of options to use for
375 the /proc mount. More details for the possible mount options
376 are specified in the proc(5) man page.
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378 • unmask=ALL or /path/1:/path/2, or shell expanded paths
379 (/proc/*): Paths to unmask separated by a colon. If set to
380 ALL, it unmasks all the paths that are masked or made read-
381 only by default. The default masked paths are /proc/acpi,
382 /proc/kcore, /proc/keys, /proc/latency_stats, /proc/sched_de‐
383 bug, /proc/scsi, /proc/timer_list, /proc/timer_stats,
384 /sys/firmware, and /sys/fs/selinux, /sys/devices/virtual/pow‐
385 ercap. The default paths that are read-only are /proc/asound,
386 /proc/bus, /proc/fs, /proc/irq, /proc/sys, /proc/sysrq-trig‐
387 ger, /sys/fs/cgroup.
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391 Note: Labeling can be disabled for all containers by setting la‐
392 bel=false in the containers.conf(5) file.
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395 --shm-size=number[unit]
396 Size of /dev/shm. A unit can be b (bytes), k (kibibytes), m
397 (mebibytes), or g (gibibytes). If the unit is omitted, the system uses
398 bytes. If the size is omitted, the default is 64m. When size is 0,
399 there is no limit on the amount of memory used for IPC by the pod.
400 This option conflicts with --ipc=host.
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403 --shm-size-systemd=number[unit]
404 Size of systemd-specific tmpfs mounts such as /run, /run/lock,
405 /var/log/journal and /tmp. A unit can be b (bytes), k (kibibytes), m
406 (mebibytes), or g (gibibytes). If the unit is omitted, the system uses
407 bytes. If the size is omitted, the default is 64m. When size is 0, the
408 usage is limited to 50% of the host's available memory.
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411 --start
412 When set to true, this flag starts the newly created pod after the
413 clone process has completed. All containers within the pod are started.
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416 --subgidname=name
417 Run the container in a new user namespace using the map with name in
418 the /etc/subgid file. If running rootless, the user needs to have the
419 right to use the mapping. See subgid(5). This flag conflicts with
420 --userns and --gidmap.
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423 --subuidname=name
424 Run the container in a new user namespace using the map with name in
425 the /etc/subuid file. If running rootless, the user needs to have the
426 right to use the mapping. See subuid(5). This flag conflicts with
427 --userns and --uidmap.
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430 --sysctl=name=value
431 Configure namespaced kernel parameters for all containers in the pod.
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434 For the IPC namespace, the following sysctls are allowed:
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437 • kernel.msgmax
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439 • kernel.msgmnb
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441 • kernel.msgmni
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443 • kernel.sem
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445 • kernel.shmall
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447 • kernel.shmmax
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449 • kernel.shmmni
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451 • kernel.shm_rmid_forced
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453 • Sysctls beginning with fs.mqueue.*
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457 Note: if the ipc namespace is not shared within the pod, the above
458 sysctls are not allowed.
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461 For the network namespace, only sysctls beginning with net.* are al‐
462 lowed.
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465 Note: if the network namespace is not shared within the pod, the above
466 sysctls are not allowed.
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469 --uidmap=container_uid:from_uid:amount
470 Run all containers in the pod in a new user namespace using the sup‐
471 plied mapping. This option conflicts with the --userns and --subuidname
472 options. This option provides a way to map host UIDs to container UIDs.
473 It can be passed several times to map different ranges.
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476 --userns=mode
477 Set the user namespace mode for all the containers in a pod. It de‐
478 faults to the PODMAN_USERNS environment variable. An empty value ("")
479 means user namespaces are disabled.
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482 Rootless user --userns=Key mappings:
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485 ┌────────┬───────────┬─────────────────────┐
486 │Key │ Host User │ Container User │
487 ├────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────┤
488 │"" │ $UID │ 0 (Default User ac‐ │
489 │ │ │ count mapped to │
490 │ │ │ root user in con‐ │
491 │ │ │ tainer.) │
492 ├────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────┤
493 │keep-id │ $UID │ $UID (Map user ac‐ │
494 │ │ │ count to same UID │
495 │ │ │ within container.) │
496 ├────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────┤
497 │auto │ $UID │ nil (Host User UID │
498 │ │ │ is not mapped into │
499 │ │ │ container.) │
500 ├────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────┤
501 │nomap │ $UID │ nil (Host User UID │
502 │ │ │ is not mapped into │
503 │ │ │ container.) │
504 └────────┴───────────┴─────────────────────┘
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506 Valid mode values are:
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509 • auto[:OPTIONS,...]: automatically create a namespace. It is
510 possible to specify these options to auto:
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512 • gidmapping=CONTAINER_GID:HOST_GID:SIZE to force a GID mapping
513 to be present in the user namespace.
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515 • size=SIZE: to specify an explicit size for the automatic user
516 namespace. e.g. --userns=auto:size=8192. If size is not speci‐
517 fied, auto estimates the size for the user namespace.
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519 • uidmapping=CONTAINER_UID:HOST_UID:SIZE to force a UID mapping
520 to be present in the user namespace.
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522 • host: run in the user namespace of the caller. The processes
523 running in the container have the same privileges on the host
524 as any other process launched by the calling user (default).
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526 • keep-id: creates a user namespace where the current rootless
527 user's UID:GID are mapped to the same values in the container.
528 This option is not allowed for containers created by the root
529 user.
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531 • nomap: creates a user namespace where the current rootless
532 user's UID:GID are not mapped into the container. This option
533 is not allowed for containers created by the root user.
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537 --uts=mode
538 Set the UTS namespace mode for the pod. The following values are sup‐
539 ported:
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542 • host: use the host's UTS namespace inside the pod.
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544 • private: create a new namespace for the pod (default).
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546 • ns:[path]: run the pod in the given existing UTS namespace.
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550 --volume, -v=[[SOURCE-VOLUME|HOST-DIR:]CONTAINER-DIR[:OPTIONS]]
551 Create a bind mount. If -v /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR is specified, Pod‐
552 man bind mounts /HOST-DIR from the host into /CONTAINER-DIR in the Pod‐
553 man container. Similarly, -v SOURCE-VOLUME:/CONTAINER-DIR mounts the
554 named volume from the host into the container. If no such named volume
555 exists, Podman creates one. If no source is given, the volume is cre‐
556 ated as an anonymously named volume with a randomly generated name, and
557 is removed when the pod is removed via the --rm flag or the podman rm
558 --volumes command.
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561 (Note when using the remote client, including Mac and Windows (exclud‐
562 ing WSL2) machines, the volumes are mounted from the remote server, not
563 necessarily the client machine.)
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566 The OPTIONS is a comma-separated list and can be: [1] ⟨#Footnote1⟩
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569 • rw|ro
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571 • z|Z
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573 • [O]
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575 • [U]
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577 • [no]copy
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579 • [no]dev
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581 • [no]exec
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583 • [no]suid
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585 • [r]bind
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587 • [r]shared|[r]slave|[r]private[r]unbindable
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589 • idmap[=options]
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592
593 The CONTAINER-DIR must be an absolute path such as /src/docs. The vol‐
594 ume is mounted into the container at this directory.
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596
597 If a volume source is specified, it must be a path on the host or the
598 name of a named volume. Host paths are allowed to be absolute or rela‐
599 tive; relative paths are resolved relative to the directory Podman is
600 run in. If the source does not exist, Podman returns an error. Users
601 must pre-create the source files or directories.
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603
604 Any source that does not begin with a . or / is treated as the name of
605 a named volume. If a volume with that name does not exist, it is cre‐
606 ated. Volumes created with names are not anonymous, and they are not
607 removed by the --rm option and the podman rm --volumes command.
608
609
610 Specify multiple -v options to mount one or more volumes into a pod.
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613 Write Protected Volume Mounts
614
615
616 Add :ro or :rw option to mount a volume in read-only or read-write
617 mode, respectively. By default, the volumes are mounted read-write.
618 See examples.
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620
621 Chowning Volume Mounts
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623
624 By default, Podman does not change the owner and group of source volume
625 directories mounted into containers. If a pod is created in a new user
626 namespace, the UID and GID in the container may correspond to another
627 UID and GID on the host.
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629
630 The :U suffix tells Podman to use the correct host UID and GID based on
631 the UID and GID within the pod, to change recursively the owner and
632 group of the source volume. Chowning walks the file system under the
633 volume and changes the UID/GID on each file. If the volume has thou‐
634 sands of inodes, this process takes a long time, delaying the start of
635 the pod.
636
637
638 Warning use with caution since this modifies the host filesystem.
639
640
641 Labeling Volume Mounts
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643
644 Labeling systems like SELinux require that proper labels are placed on
645 volume content mounted into a pod. Without a label, the security system
646 might prevent the processes running inside the pod from using the con‐
647 tent. By default, Podman does not change the labels set by the OS.
648
649
650 To change a label in the pod context, add either of two suffixes :z or
651 :Z to the volume mount. These suffixes tell Podman to relabel file ob‐
652 jects on the shared volumes. The z option tells Podman that two or more
653 pods share the volume content. As a result, Podman labels the content
654 with a shared content label. Shared volume labels allow all containers
655 to read/write content. The Z option tells Podman to label the content
656 with a private unshared label Only the current pod can use a private
657 volume. Relabeling walks the file system under the volume and changes
658 the label on each file, if the volume has thousands of inodes, this
659 process takes a long time, delaying the start of the pod. If the volume
660 was previously relabeled with the z option, Podman is optimized to not
661 relabel a second time. If files are moved into the volume, then the la‐
662 bels can be manually change with the chcon -Rt container_file_t PATH
663 command.
664
665
666 Note: Do not relabel system files and directories. Relabeling system
667 content might cause other confined services on the machine to fail.
668 For these types of containers we recommend disabling SELinux separa‐
669 tion. The option --security-opt label=disable disables SELinux separa‐
670 tion for the pod. For example if a user wanted to volume mount their
671 entire home directory into a pod, they need to disable SELinux separa‐
672 tion.
673
674 $ podman pod clone --security-opt label=disable -v $HOME:/home/user fedora touch /home/user/file
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676
677
678 Overlay Volume Mounts
679
680
681 The :O flag tells Podman to mount the directory from the host as a tem‐
682 porary storage using the overlay file system. The pod processes can
683 modify content within the mountpoint which is stored in the container
684 storage in a separate directory. In overlay terms, the source directory
685 is the lower, and the container storage directory is the upper. Modifi‐
686 cations to the mount point are destroyed when the pod finishes execut‐
687 ing, similar to a tmpfs mount point being unmounted.
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690 For advanced users, the overlay option also supports custom non-
691 volatile upperdir and workdir for the overlay mount. Custom upperdir
692 and workdir can be fully managed by the users themselves, and Podman
693 does not remove it on lifecycle completion. Example :O,up‐
694 perdir=/some/upper,workdir=/some/work
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696
697 Subsequent executions of the container sees the original source direc‐
698 tory content, any changes from previous pod executions no longer exist.
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700
701 One use case of the overlay mount is sharing the package cache from the
702 host into the container to allow speeding up builds.
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704
705 Note: The O flag conflicts with other options listed above.
706
707
708 Content mounted into the container is labeled with the private label.
709 On SELinux systems, labels in the source directory must be read‐
710 able by the pod infra container label. Usually containers can read/exe‐
711 cute container_share_t and can read/write container_file_t. If unable
712 to change the labels on a source volume, SELinux container separation
713 must be disabled for the pod or infra container to work.
714 - Do not modify the source directory mounted into the pod with an
715 overlay mount, it can cause unexpected failures. Only modify the direc‐
716 tory after the container finishes running.
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718
719 Mounts propagation
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721
722 By default bind mounted volumes are private. That means any mounts done
723 inside the pod is not visible on host and vice versa. One can change
724 this behavior by specifying a volume mount propagation property. Making
725 a volume shared mounts done under that volume inside the pod is visible
726 on host and vice versa. Making a volume slave enables only one way
727 mount propagation and that is mounts done on host under that volume is
728 visible inside container but not the other way around. [1] ⟨#Footnote1⟩
729
730
731 To control mount propagation property of a volume one can use the
732 [r]shared, [r]slave, [r]private or the [r]unbindable propagation flag.
733 Propagation property can be specified only for bind mounted volumes and
734 not for internal volumes or named volumes. For mount propagation to
735 work the source mount point (the mount point where source dir is
736 mounted on) has to have the right propagation properties. For shared
737 volumes, the source mount point has to be shared. And for slave vol‐
738 umes, the source mount point has to be either shared or slave. [1]
739 ⟨#Footnote1⟩
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741
742 To recursively mount a volume and all of its submounts into a pod, use
743 the rbind option. By default the bind option is used, and submounts of
744 the source directory is not mounted into the pod.
745
746
747 Mounting the volume with a copy option tells podman to copy content
748 from the underlying destination directory onto newly created internal
749 volumes. The copy only happens on the initial creation of the volume.
750 Content is not copied up when the volume is subsequently used on dif‐
751 ferent containers. The copy option is ignored on bind mounts and has no
752 effect.
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755 Mounting volumes with the nosuid options means that SUID executables on
756 the volume can not be used by applications to change their privilege.
757 By default volumes are mounted with nosuid.
758
759
760 Mounting the volume with the noexec option means that no executables on
761 the volume can be executed within the pod.
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763
764 Mounting the volume with the nodev option means that no devices on the
765 volume can be used by processes within the pod. By default volumes are
766 mounted with nodev.
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768
769 If the HOST-DIR is a mount point, then dev, suid, and exec options are
770 ignored by the kernel.
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773 Use df HOST-DIR to figure out the source mount, then use findmnt -o
774 TARGET,PROPAGATION source-mount-dir to figure out propagation proper‐
775 ties of source mount. If findmnt[4m(1) utility is not available, then one
776 can look at the mount entry for the source mount point in
777 /proc/self/mountinfo. Look at the "optional fields" and see if any
778 propagation properties are specified. In there, shared:N means the
779 mount is shared, master:N means mount is slave, and if nothing is
780 there, the mount is private. [1] ⟨#Footnote1⟩
781
782
783 To change propagation properties of a mount point, use mount(8) com‐
784 mand. For example, if one wants to bind mount source directory /foo,
785 one can do mount --bind /foo /foo and mount --make-private --make-
786 shared /foo. This converts /foo into a shared mount point. Alterna‐
787 tively, one can directly change propagation properties of source mount.
788 Say / is source mount for /foo, then use mount --make-shared / to con‐
789 vert / into a shared mount.
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792 Note: if the user only has access rights via a group, accessing the
793 volume from inside a rootless pod fails.
794
795
796 Idmapped mount
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798
799 If idmap is specified, create an idmapped mount to the target user
800 namespace in the container. The idmap option supports a custom mapping
801 that can be different than the user namespace used by the container.
802 The mapping can be specified after the idmap option like:
803 idmap=uids=0-1-10#10-11-10;gids=0-100-10. For each triplet, the first
804 value is the start of the backing file system IDs that are mapped to
805 the second value on the host. The length of this mapping is given in
806 the third value. Multiple ranges are separated with #.
807
808
809 --volumes-from=CONTAINER[:OPTIONS]
810 Mount volumes from the specified container(s). Used to share volumes
811 between containers and pods. The options is a comma-separated list with
812 the following available elements:
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814
815 • rw|ro
816
817 • z
818
819
820
821 Mounts already mounted volumes from a source container onto another
822 pod. CONTAINER may be a name or ID. To share a volume, use the --vol‐
823 umes-from option when running the target container. Volumes can be
824 shared even if the source container is not running.
825
826
827 By default, Podman mounts the volumes in the same mode (read-write or
828 read-only) as it is mounted in the source container. This can be
829 changed by adding a ro or rw option.
830
831
832 Labeling systems like SELinux require that proper labels are placed on
833 volume content mounted into a pod. Without a label, the security system
834 might prevent the processes running inside the container from using the
835 content. By default, Podman does not change the labels set by the OS.
836
837
838 To change a label in the pod context, add z to the volume mount. This
839 suffix tells Podman to relabel file objects on the shared volumes. The
840 z option tells Podman that two entities share the volume content. As a
841 result, Podman labels the content with a shared content label. Shared
842 volume labels allow all containers to read/write content.
843
844
845 If the location of the volume from the source container overlaps with
846 data residing on a target pod, then the volume hides that data on the
847 target.
848
849
851 # podman pod clone pod-name
852 6b2c73ff8a1982828c9ae2092954bcd59836a131960f7e05221af9df5939c584
853
854
855 # podman pod clone --name=cloned-pod
856 d0cf1f782e2ed67e8c0050ff92df865a039186237a4df24d7acba5b1fa8cc6e7
857 6b2c73ff8a1982828c9ae2092954bcd59836a131960f7e05221af9df5939c584
858
859
860 # podman pod clone --destroy --cpus=5 d0cf1f782e2ed67e8c0050ff92df865a039186237a4df24d7acba5b1fa8cc6e7
861 6b2c73ff8a1982828c9ae2092954bcd59836a131960f7e05221af9df5939c584
862
863
864 # podman pod clone 2d4d4fca7219b4437e0d74fcdc272c4f031426a6eacd207372691207079551de new_name
865 5a9b7851013d326aa4ac4565726765901b3ecc01fcbc0f237bc7fd95588a24f9
866
867
868
870 podman-pod-create(1)
871
872
874 May 2022, Originally written by Charlie Doern cdoern@redhat.com
875 ⟨mailto:cdoern@redhat.com⟩
876
877
879 1: The Podman project is committed to inclusivity, a core value of open
880 source. The master and slave mount propagation terminology used here is
881 problematic and divisive, and needs to be changed. However, these terms
882 are currently used within the Linux kernel and must be used as-is at
883 this time. When the kernel maintainers rectify this usage, Podman will
884 follow suit immediately.
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888 podman-pod-clone(1)