podman.md

Podman Cheat Sheet

1. Podman Installation:

On Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install podman

On CentOS/RHEL:

sudo yum -y install podman

2. Basic Commands:

Run a container:

podman run -it ubuntu bash

List running containers:

podman ps

List all containers, including stopped ones:

podman ps -a

Stop a container:

podman stop CONTAINER_ID

Remove a container:

podman rm CONTAINER_ID

Pull an image:

podman pull IMAGE_NAME

List images:

podman images

Remove an image:

podman rmi IMAGE_NAME

3. Rootless Containers:

Run a rootless container (simply run the command as a non-root user):

podman run -it ubuntu bash

4. Volumes and Bind Mounts:

Create a volume:

podman volume create my_volume

Run a container with a volume:

podman run -v my_volume:/data ubuntu

Run a container with a bind mount:

podman run -v /path/on/host:/path/in/container ubuntu

5. Networking:

Run a container with a specific network:

podman run --network=NETWORK_NAME ubuntu

6. Pods:

Create a pod:

podman pod create --name my_pod

Run a container in a pod:

podman run --pod my_pod ubuntu

List pods:

podman pod list

Remove a pod:

podman pod rm POD_NAME

7. Building Images:

Build an image from a Dockerfile:

podman build -t my_image .