Podman

Daemonless container engine for building, running, and managing OCI containers. Rootless by default, Docker-compatible CLI.

33 commands

Browse by Topic

Getting Started

Quick setup and installation

3commands

Containers

Container ops

7commands

Images

Image management

5commands

Pods

Pod management

5commands

Compose

Compose support

4commands

Rootless

Rootless mode

3commands

Machine

VM management

6commands

Install Podman (macOS)

$ brew install podman

Install Podman using Homebrew on macOS

Check Podman version

$ podman --version

Verify Podman installation and display version info

Initialize Podman machine

$ podman machine init

Create and initialize a new Podman virtual machine for containers

Run container

$ podman run -d --name myapp -p 8080:80 nginx

Run a container in background.

List containers

$ podman ps -a

List all containers.

Execute in container

$ podman exec -it myapp /bin/bash

Execute command in running container.

Stop container

$ podman stop myapp

Stop a running container.

Remove container

$ podman rm myapp

Remove a container.

View logs

$ podman logs -f myapp

Follow container logs.

Inspect container

$ podman inspect myapp

View container details.

Pull image

$ podman pull docker.io/library/nginx

Pull image from registry.

List images

$ podman images

List local images.

Build image

$ podman build -t myapp:latest .

Build image from Containerfile.

Push image

$ podman push myapp:latest registry.example.com/myapp:latest

Push image to registry.

Remove image

$ podman rmi nginx

Remove a local image.

Create pod

$ podman pod create --name mypod -p 8080:80

Create a new pod.

List pods

$ podman pod ps

List all pods.

Run in pod

$ podman run -d --pod mypod nginx

Run container in existing pod.

Generate Kubernetes YAML

$ podman generate kube mypod > mypod.yaml

Export pod as Kubernetes manifest.

Play Kubernetes YAML

$ podman play kube mypod.yaml

Create pod from Kubernetes manifest.

Compose up

$ podman compose up -d

Start services from compose file.

Compose down

$ podman compose down

Stop and remove compose services.

Compose logs

$ podman compose logs -f

Follow compose service logs.

Compose ps

$ podman compose ps

List compose containers.

Check rootless

$ podman info --format '{{.Host.Security.Rootless}}'

Check if running rootless.

Enter user namespace

$ podman unshare

Enter user namespace for debugging.

Change file ownership

$ podman unshare chown 1000:1000 myfile

Change ownership in user namespace.

Init machine

$ podman machine init

Initialize Podman machine.

Start machine

$ podman machine start

Start Podman machine.

Stop machine

$ podman machine stop

Stop Podman machine.

List machines

$ podman machine list

List Podman machines.

SSH into machine

$ podman machine ssh

SSH into Podman machine.

Init with resources

$ podman machine init --cpus 4 --memory 8192

Initialize with specific resources.

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Podman

Daemonless container engine for building, running, and managing OCI containers. Rootless by default, Docker-compatible CLI.

33 commands

Browse by Topic

Getting Started

Quick setup and installation

3commands

Containers

Container ops

7commands

Images

Image management

5commands

Pods

Pod management

5commands

Compose

Compose support

4commands

Rootless

Rootless mode

3commands

Machine

VM management

6commands

Install Podman (macOS)

$ brew install podman

Install Podman using Homebrew on macOS

Check Podman version

$ podman --version

Verify Podman installation and display version info

Initialize Podman machine

$ podman machine init

Create and initialize a new Podman virtual machine for containers

Run container

$ podman run -d --name myapp -p 8080:80 nginx

Run a container in background.

List containers

$ podman ps -a

List all containers.

Execute in container

$ podman exec -it myapp /bin/bash

Execute command in running container.

Stop container

$ podman stop myapp

Stop a running container.

Remove container

$ podman rm myapp

Remove a container.

View logs

$ podman logs -f myapp

Follow container logs.

Inspect container

$ podman inspect myapp

View container details.

Pull image

$ podman pull docker.io/library/nginx

Pull image from registry.

List images

$ podman images

List local images.

Build image

$ podman build -t myapp:latest .

Build image from Containerfile.

Push image

$ podman push myapp:latest registry.example.com/myapp:latest

Push image to registry.

Remove image

$ podman rmi nginx

Remove a local image.

Create pod

$ podman pod create --name mypod -p 8080:80

Create a new pod.

List pods

$ podman pod ps

List all pods.

Run in pod

$ podman run -d --pod mypod nginx

Run container in existing pod.

Generate Kubernetes YAML

$ podman generate kube mypod > mypod.yaml

Export pod as Kubernetes manifest.

Play Kubernetes YAML

$ podman play kube mypod.yaml

Create pod from Kubernetes manifest.

Compose up

$ podman compose up -d

Start services from compose file.

Compose down

$ podman compose down

Stop and remove compose services.

Compose logs

$ podman compose logs -f

Follow compose service logs.

Compose ps

$ podman compose ps

List compose containers.

Check rootless

$ podman info --format '{{.Host.Security.Rootless}}'

Check if running rootless.

Enter user namespace

$ podman unshare

Enter user namespace for debugging.

Change file ownership

$ podman unshare chown 1000:1000 myfile

Change ownership in user namespace.

Init machine

$ podman machine init

Initialize Podman machine.

Start machine

$ podman machine start

Start Podman machine.

Stop machine

$ podman machine stop

Stop Podman machine.

List machines

$ podman machine list

List Podman machines.

SSH into machine

$ podman machine ssh

SSH into Podman machine.

Init with resources

$ podman machine init --cpus 4 --memory 8192

Initialize with specific resources.

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