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
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