Podman Cheat Sheet

Start and Stop Containers

• Start a container:

    podman start <container_name_or_id>
  

• Stop a container:

    podman stop <container_name_or_id>
  

Build an Image

• Build an image from a Dockerfile:

    podman build -t <image_name:tag> .
  

Run a Container

• Run a container:

    podman run --name <container_name> <image_name:tag>
  

• Run a container and remove it after it exits:

    podman run --rm <image_name:tag>
  

Remove Containers and Images

• Remove a container:

    podman rm <container_name_or_id>
  

• Remove all stopped containers:

    podman container prune
  

• Remove an image:

    podman rmi <image_name_or_id>
  

Podman Compose (if using podman-compose)

• Start containers with Podman Compose:

    podman-compose up
  

• Stop containers with Podman Compose:

    podman-compose down
  

• Build images with Podman Compose:

    podman-compose build
  

Additional Useful Commands

Inspect

• Inspect a container (view details about a running or stopped container):

    podman inspect <container_name_or_id>
  

Logs

• View logs for a container:

    podman logs <container_name_or_id>
  

List Containers and Images

• List all containers:

    podman ps -a
  

• List running containers:

    podman ps
  

• List all images:

    podman images