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- * host* : run in the user namespace of the caller. The processes running in the container will have the same privileges on the host as any other process launched by the calling user (default).
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- * keep-id* : creates a user namespace where the current rootless user's UID: GID are mapped to the same values in the container. This option is ignored for containers created by the root user.
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+ #### ** --volume** , ** -v** [ =* [[ SOURCE-VOLUME|HOST-DIR:] CONTAINER-DIR[ : OPTIONS ]] * ]
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+ Create a bind mount. If you specify, ` -v /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR ` , Podman
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+ bind mounts ` /HOST-DIR ` in the host to ` /CONTAINER-DIR ` in the Podman
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+ container. Similarly, ` -v SOURCE-VOLUME:/CONTAINER-DIR ` will mount the volume
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+ in the host to the container. If no such named volume exists, Podman will
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+ create one. The ` OPTIONS ` are a comma-separated list and can be: <sup >[[ 1]] ( #Footnote1 ) </sup > (Note when using the remote client, the volumes will be mounted from the remote server, not necessarily the client machine.)
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+ The _ options_ is a comma-separated list and can be:
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+ * ** rw** |** ro**
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+ * ** z** |** Z**
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+ * [ ** r** ] ** shared** |[ ** r** ] ** slave** |[ ** r** ] ** private** [ ** r** ] ** unbindable**
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+ * [ ** r** ] ** bind**
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+ * [ ** no** ] ** exec**
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+ * [ ** no** ] ** dev**
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+ * [ ** no** ] ** suid**
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+ * [ ** O** ]
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+ * [ ** U** ]
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+ The ` CONTAINER-DIR ` must be an absolute path such as ` /src/docs ` . The volume
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+ will be mounted into the container at this directory.
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+ Volumes may specify a source as well, as either a directory on the host
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+ or the name of a named volume. If no source is given, the volume will be created as an
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+ anonymously named volume with a randomly generated name, and will be removed when
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+ the pod is removed via the ` --rm ` flag or ` podman rm --volumes ` commands.
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+ If a volume source is specified, it must be a path on the host or the name of a
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+ named volume. Host paths are allowed to be absolute or relative; relative paths
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+ are resolved relative to the directory Podman is run in. If the source does not
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+ exist, Podman will return an error. Users must pre-create the source files or
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+ directories.
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+ Any source that does not begin with a ` . ` or ` / ` will be treated as the name of
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+ a named volume. If a volume with that name does not exist, it will be created.
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+ Volumes created with names are not anonymous, and they are not removed by the ` --rm `
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+ option and the ` podman rm --volumes ` command.
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+ You can specify multiple ** -v** options to mount one or more volumes into a
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+ pod.
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+ ` Write Protected Volume Mounts `
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+ You can add ` :ro ` or ` :rw ` suffix to a volume to mount it read-only or
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+ read-write mode, respectively. By default, the volumes are mounted read-write.
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+ See examples.
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+ ` Chowning Volume Mounts `
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+ By default, Podman does not change the owner and group of source volume
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+ directories mounted into containers. If a pod is created in a new user
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+ namespace, the UID and GID in the container may correspond to another UID and
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+ GID on the host.
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+ The ` :U ` suffix tells Podman to use the correct host UID and GID based on the
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+ UID and GID within the pod, to change recursively the owner and group of
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+ the source volume.
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+ ** Warning** use with caution since this will modify the host filesystem.
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+ ` Labeling Volume Mounts `
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+ Labeling systems like SELinux require that proper labels are placed on volume
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+ content mounted into a pod. Without a label, the security system might
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+ prevent the processes running inside the pod from using the content. By
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+ default, Podman does not change the labels set by the OS.
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+ To change a label in the pod context, you can add either of two suffixes
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+ ` :z ` or ` :Z ` to the volume mount. These suffixes tell Podman to relabel file
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+ objects on the shared volumes. The ` z ` option tells Podman that two pods
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+ share the volume content. As a result, Podman labels the content with a shared
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+ content label. Shared volume labels allow all containers to read/write content.
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+ The ` Z ` option tells Podman to label the content with a private unshared label.
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+ Only the current pod can use a private volume.
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+ ` Overlay Volume Mounts `
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+ The ` :O ` flag tells Podman to mount the directory from the host as a
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+ temporary storage using the ` overlay file system ` . The pod processes
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+ can modify content within the mountpoint which is stored in the
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+ container storage in a separate directory. In overlay terms, the source
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+ directory will be the lower, and the container storage directory will be the
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+ upper. Modifications to the mount point are destroyed when the pod
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+ finishes executing, similar to a tmpfs mount point being unmounted.
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+ Subsequent executions of the container will see the original source directory
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+ content, any changes from previous pod executions no longer exist.
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+ One use case of the overlay mount is sharing the package cache from the
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+ host into the container to allow speeding up builds.
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+ Note:
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+ - The `O` flag conflicts with other options listed above.
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+ Content mounted into the container is labeled with the private label.
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+ On SELinux systems, labels in the source directory must be readable
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+ by the infra container label. Usually containers can read/execute ` container_share_t `
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+ and can read/write ` container_file_t ` . If you cannot change the labels on a
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+ source volume, SELinux container separation must be disabled for the infra container/pod
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+ to work.
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+ - The source directory mounted into the pod with an overlay mount
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+ should not be modified, it can cause unexpected failures. It is recommended
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+ that you do not modify the directory until the container finishes running.
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+ ` Mounts propagation `
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+ By default bind mounted volumes are ` private ` . That means any mounts done
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+ inside pod will not be visible on host and vice versa. One can change
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+ this behavior by specifying a volume mount propagation property. Making a
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+ volume ` shared ` mounts done under that volume inside pod will be
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+ visible on host and vice versa. Making a volume ` slave ` enables only one
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+ way mount propagation and that is mounts done on host under that volume
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+ will be visible inside container but not the other way around. <sup >[[ 1]] ( #Footnote1 ) </sup >
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+ To control mount propagation property of a volume one can use the [ ** r** ] ** shared** ,
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+ [ ** r** ] ** slave** , [ ** r** ] ** private** or the [ ** r** ] ** unbindable** propagation flag.
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+ Propagation property can be specified only for bind mounted volumes and not for
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+ internal volumes or named volumes. For mount propagation to work the source mount
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+ point (the mount point where source dir is mounted on) has to have the right propagation
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+ properties. For shared volumes, the source mount point has to be shared. And for
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+ slave volumes, the source mount point has to be either shared or slave.
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+ <sup >[[ 1]] ( #Footnote1 ) </sup >
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+ If you want to recursively mount a volume and all of its submounts into a
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+ pod, then you can use the ` rbind ` option. By default the bind option is
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+ used, and submounts of the source directory will not be mounted into the
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+ pod.
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+ Mounting the volume with the ` nosuid ` options means that SUID applications on
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+ the volume will not be able to change their privilege. By default volumes
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+ are mounted with ` nosuid ` .
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+ Mounting the volume with the noexec option means that no executables on the
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+ volume will be able to executed within the pod.
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+ Mounting the volume with the nodev option means that no devices on the volume
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+ will be able to be used by processes within the pod. By default volumes
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+ are mounted with ` nodev ` .
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+ If the ` <source-dir> ` is a mount point, then "dev", "suid", and "exec" options are
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+ ignored by the kernel.
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+ Use ` df <source-dir> ` to figure out the source mount and then use
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+ ` findmnt -o TARGET,PROPAGATION <source-mount-dir> ` to figure out propagation
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+ properties of source mount. If ` findmnt ` utility is not available, then one
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+ can look at the mount entry for the source mount point in ` /proc/self/mountinfo ` . Look
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+ at ` optional fields ` and see if any propagation properties are specified.
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+ ` shared:X ` means mount is ` shared ` , ` master:X ` means mount is ` slave ` and if
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+ nothing is there that means mount is ` private ` . <sup >[[ 1]] ( #Footnote1 ) </sup >
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+ To change propagation properties of a mount point use ` mount ` command. For
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+ example, if one wants to bind mount source directory ` /foo ` one can do
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+ ` mount --bind /foo /foo ` and ` mount --make-private --make-shared /foo ` . This
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+ will convert /foo into a ` shared ` mount point. Alternatively one can directly
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+ change propagation properties of source mount. Say ` / ` is source mount for
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+ ` /foo ` , then use ` mount --make-shared / ` to convert ` / ` into a ` shared ` mount.
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+ Note: if the user only has access rights via a group, accessing the volume
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+ from inside a rootless pod will fail.
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## EXAMPLES
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