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Podman Cheat Sheet

Podman is an open-source containerization tool that allows you to create, manage, and run containers and pods.

Here is a comprehesive Cheat Sheet that might help anyone to start using Podman.

Container Management​

  • podman run [options] [image] [command]: Create and run a new container from an image.
  • podman ps: List running containers.
  • podman ps -a: List all containers (including stopped ones).
  • podman exec -it [container] [command]: Run a command inside a running container.

Image Management​

  • podman pull [image]: Pull an image from a registry.
  • podman images: List locally available images.
  • podman rmi [image]: Remove a locally available image.

Pod Management​

  • podman pod create: Create a new pod.
  • podman pod ps: List running pods.
  • podman pod stop [pod]: Stop a running pod.
  • podman pod rm [pod]: Remove a stopped pod.

Networking​

  • podman network create [network]: Create a new network.
  • podman network ls: List available networks.
  • podman network rm [network]: Remove a network.

Rootless Containers​

  • podman unshare cat /etc/subuid: Check subuid/subgid mappings.
  • podman unshare cat /etc/subgid: Check subuid/subgid mappings.
  • podman --uidmap [user]:[container] run [image] [command]: Run a container with specific UID mapping.

Build and Create​

  • podman build -t [image_name] [path]: Build a container image using a Dockerfile.
  • podman create [options] [image] [command]: Create a new container without starting it.
  • podman commit [container] [new_image]: Create a new image from a container's changes.

Miscellaneous​

  • podman version: Display the Podman version.
  • podman info: Display detailed system information.

Help​

  • podman --help: Display general help information.
  • podman [command] --help: Display help for a specific command.

Remember that Podman aims to be Docker-compatible, so many of the commands and options will be familiar if you have experience with Docker. This cheat sheet covers the basics of using Podman for container management, but there are more advanced features and concepts to explore as well.


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