containers.podman.podman_container – Manage podman containers

Note

This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install containers.podman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: containers.podman.podman_container.

New in version 1.0.0: of containers.podman

Synopsis

  • Start, stop, restart and manage Podman containers

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • podman

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
annotation
dictionary
Add an annotation to the container. The format is key value, multiple times.
authfile
path
Path of the authentication file. Default is ``${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json`` (Not available for remote commands) You can also override the default path of the authentication file by setting the ``REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE`` environment variable. ``export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path``
blkio_weight
integer
Block IO weight (relative weight) accepts a weight value between 10 and 1000
blkio_weight_device
dictionary
Block IO weight (relative device weight, format DEVICE_NAME[:]WEIGHT).
cap_add
list / elements=string
List of capabilities to add to the container.

aliases: capabilities
cap_drop
list / elements=string
List of capabilities to drop from the container.
cgroup_parent
path
Path to cgroups under which the cgroup for the container will be created. If the path is not absolute, the path is considered to be relative to the cgroups path of the init process. Cgroups will be created if they do not already exist.
cgroupns
string
Path to cgroups under which the cgroup for the container will be created.
cgroups
string
Determines whether the container will create CGroups. Valid values are enabled and disabled, which the default being enabled. The disabled option will force the container to not create CGroups, and thus conflicts with CGroup options cgroupns and cgroup-parent.
cidfile
path
Write the container ID to the file
cmd_args
list / elements=string
Any additional command options you want to pass to podman command, cmd_args - ['--other-param', 'value'] Be aware module doesn't support idempotency if this is set.
command
raw
Override command of container. Can be a string or a list.
conmon_pidfile
path
Write the pid of the conmon process to a file. conmon runs in a separate process than Podman, so this is necessary when using systemd to restart Podman containers.
cpu_period
integer
Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds
cpu_rt_period
integer
Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds. Limit the container's Real Time CPU usage. This flag tell the kernel to restrict the container's Real Time CPU usage to the period you specify.
cpu_rt_runtime
integer
Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds. This flag tells the kernel to limit the amount of time in a given CPU period Real Time tasks may consume.
cpu_shares
integer
CPU shares (relative weight)
cpus
string
Number of CPUs. The default is 0.0 which means no limit.
cpuset_cpus
string
CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
cpuset_mems
string
Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.
debug
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Return additional information which can be helpful for investigations.
detach
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Run container in detach mode
detach_keys
string
Override the key sequence for detaching a container. Format is a single character or ctrl-value
device
list / elements=string
Add a host device to the container. The format is <device-on-host>[:<device-on-container>][:<permissions>] (e.g. device /dev/sdc:/dev/xvdc:rwm)
device_read_bps
list / elements=string
Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. device-read-bps /dev/sda:1mb)
device_read_iops
list / elements=string
Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device (e.g. device-read-iops /dev/sda:1000)
device_write_bps
list / elements=string
Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device (e.g. device-write-bps /dev/sda:1mb)
device_write_iops
list / elements=string
Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device (e.g. device-write-iops /dev/sda:1000)
dns
list / elements=string
Set custom DNS servers

aliases: dns_servers
dns_option
string
Set custom DNS options

aliases: dns_opts
dns_search
string
Set custom DNS search domains (Use dns_search with '' if you don't wish to set the search domain)

aliases: dns_search_domains
entrypoint
string
Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image
env
dictionary
Set environment variables. This option allows you to specify arbitrary environment variables that are available for the process that will be launched inside of the container.
env_file
path
Read in a line delimited file of environment variables. Doesn't support idempotency. If users changes the file with environment variables it's on them to recreate the container.
env_host
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use all current host environment variables in container. Defaults to false.
etc_hosts
dictionary
Dict of host-to-IP mappings, where each host name is a key in the dictionary. Each host name will be added to the container's ``/etc/hosts`` file.

aliases: add_hosts
executable
string
Default:
"podman"
Path to podman executable if it is not in the $PATH on the machine running podman
expose
list / elements=string
Expose a port, or a range of ports (e.g. expose "3300-3310") to set up port redirection on the host system.

aliases: exposed, exposed_ports
force_restart
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Force restart of container.

aliases: restart
generate_systemd
dictionary
Default:
{}
Generate systemd unit file for container.
container_prefix
string
Set the systemd unit name prefix for containers. The default is "container".
names
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use names of the containers for the start, stop, and description in the unit file. Default is true.
no_header
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Do not generate the header including meta data such as the Podman version and the timestamp. From podman version 3.1.0.
path
string
Specify a path to the directory where unit files will be generated. If it doesn't exist, the directory will be created.
pod_prefix
string
Set the systemd unit name prefix for pods. The default is "pod".
restart_policy
string
    Choices:
  • no
  • on-success
  • on-failure
  • on-abnormal
  • on-watchdog
  • on-abort
  • always
Specify a restart policy for the service. The restart-policy must be one of "no", "on-success", "on-failure", "on-abnormal", "on-watchdog", "on-abort", or "always". The default policy is "on-failure".
separator
string
Set the systemd unit name separator between the name/id of a container/pod and the prefix. The default is "-" (dash).
time
integer
Override the default stop timeout for the container with the given value.
gidmap
list / elements=string
Run the container in a new user namespace using the supplied mapping.
group_add
list / elements=string
Add additional groups to run as

aliases: groups
healthcheck
string
Set or alter a healthcheck command for a container.
healthcheck_interval
string
Set an interval for the healthchecks (a value of disable results in no automatic timer setup) (default "30s")
healthcheck_retries
integer
The number of retries allowed before a healthcheck is considered to be unhealthy. The default value is 3.
healthcheck_start_period
string
The initialization time needed for a container to bootstrap. The value can be expressed in time format like 2m3s. The default value is 0s
healthcheck_timeout
string
The maximum time allowed to complete the healthcheck before an interval is considered failed. Like start-period, the value can be expressed in a time format such as 1m22s. The default value is 30s
hostname
string
Container host name. Sets the container host name that is available inside the container.
http_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
By default proxy environment variables are passed into the container if set for the podman process. This can be disabled by setting the http_proxy option to false. The environment variables passed in include http_proxy, https_proxy, ftp_proxy, no_proxy, and also the upper case versions of those. Defaults to true
image
string
Repository path (or image name) and tag used to create the container. If an image is not found, the image will be pulled from the registry. If no tag is included, latest will be used.
Can also be an image ID. If this is the case, the image is assumed to be available locally.
image_strict
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to compare images in idempotency by taking into account a full name with registry and namespaces.
image_volume
string
    Choices:
  • bind
  • tmpfs
  • ignore
Tells podman how to handle the builtin image volumes. The options are bind, tmpfs, or ignore (default bind)
init
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Run an init inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes. The default is false.
init_path
string
Path to the container-init binary.
interactive
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Keep STDIN open even if not attached. The default is false. When set to true, keep stdin open even if not attached. The default is false.
ip
string
Specify a static IP address for the container, for example '10.88.64.128'. Can only be used if no additional CNI networks to join were specified via 'network:', and if the container is not joining another container's network namespace via 'network container:<name|id>'. The address must be within the default CNI network's pool (default 10.88.0.0/16).
ipc
string
Default is to create a private IPC namespace (POSIX SysV IPC) for the container

aliases: ipc_mode
kernel_memory
string
Kernel memory limit (format <number>[<unit>], where unit = b, k, m or g) Note - idempotency is supported for integers only.
label
dictionary
Add metadata to a container, pass dictionary of label names and values

aliases: labels
label_file
string
Read in a line delimited file of labels
log_driver
string
    Choices:
  • k8s-file
  • journald
  • json-file
Logging driver. Used to set the log driver for the container. For example log_driver "k8s-file".
log_level
string
    Choices:
  • debug
  • info
  • warn
  • error
  • fatal
  • panic
Logging level for Podman. Log messages above specified level ("debug"|"info"|"warn"|"error"|"fatal"|"panic") (default "error")
log_opt
dictionary
Logging driver specific options. Used to set the path to the container log file.

aliases: log_options
max_size
string
Specify a max size of the log file (e.g 10mb).
path
string
Specify a path to the log file (e.g. /var/log/container/mycontainer.json).
tag
string
Specify a custom log tag for the container.
mac_address
string
Specify a MAC address for the container, for example '92:d0:c6:0a:29:33'. Don't forget that it must be unique within one Ethernet network.
memory
string
Memory limit (format 10k, where unit = b, k, m or g) Note - idempotency is supported for integers only.
memory_reservation
string
Memory soft limit (format 100m, where unit = b, k, m or g) Note - idempotency is supported for integers only.
memory_swap
string
A limit value equal to memory plus swap. Must be used with the -m (--memory) flag. The swap LIMIT should always be larger than -m (--memory) value. By default, the swap LIMIT will be set to double the value of --memory Note - idempotency is supported for integers only.
memory_swappiness
integer
Tune a container's memory swappiness behavior. Accepts an integer between 0 and 100.
mount
string
Attach a filesystem mount to the container. bind or tmpfs For example mount "type=bind,source=/path/on/host,destination=/path/in/container"
name
string / required
Name of the container
network
list / elements=string
Set the Network mode for the container * bridge create a network stack on the default bridge * none no networking * container:<name|id> reuse another container's network stack * host use the podman host network stack. * <network-name>|<network-id> connect to a user-defined network * ns:<path> path to a network namespace to join * slirp4netns use slirp4netns to create a user network stack. This is the default for rootless containers

aliases: net, network_mode
no_hosts
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Do not create /etc/hosts for the container Default is false.
oom_kill_disable
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to disable OOM Killer for the container or not. Default is false.
oom_score_adj
integer
Tune the host's OOM preferences for containers (accepts -1000 to 1000)
pid
string
Set the PID mode for the container

aliases: pid_mode
pids_limit
string
Tune the container's PIDs limit. Set -1 to have unlimited PIDs for the container.
pod
string
Run container in an existing pod. If you want podman to make the pod for you, preference the pod name with "new:"
privileged
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Give extended privileges to this container. The default is false.
publish
list / elements=string
Publish a container's port, or range of ports, to the host. Format - ip:hostPort:containerPort | ip::containerPort | hostPort:containerPort | containerPort In case of only containerPort is set, the hostPort will chosen randomly by Podman.

aliases: ports, published, published_ports
publish_all
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Publish all exposed ports to random ports on the host interfaces. The default is false.
read_only
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Mount the container's root filesystem as read only. Default is false
read_only_tmpfs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If container is running in --read-only mode, then mount a read-write tmpfs on /run, /tmp, and /var/tmp. The default is true
recreate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use with present and started states to force the re-creation of an existing container.
restart_policy
string
Restart policy to follow when containers exit. Restart policy will not take effect if a container is stopped via the podman kill or podman stop commands. Valid values are * no - Do not restart containers on exit * on-failure[:max_retries] - Restart containers when they exit with a non-0 exit code, retrying indefinitely or until the optional max_retries count is hit * always - Restart containers when they exit, regardless of status, retrying indefinitely
rm
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Automatically remove the container when it exits. The default is false.

aliases: remove, auto_remove
rootfs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If true, the first argument refers to an exploded container on the file system. The default is false.
secrets
list / elements=string
Add the named secrets into the container at /run/secrets.
security_opt
list / elements=string
Security Options. For example security_opt "seccomp=unconfined"
shm_size
string
Size of /dev/shm. The format is <number><unit>. number must be greater than 0. Unit is optional and can be b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m(megabytes), or g (gigabytes). If you omit the unit, the system uses bytes. If you omit the size entirely, the system uses 64m
sig_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Proxy signals sent to the podman run command to the container process. SIGCHLD, SIGSTOP, and SIGKILL are not proxied. The default is true.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
  • stopped
  • started
  • created
absent - A container matching the specified name will be stopped and removed.
present - Asserts the existence of a container matching the name and any provided configuration parameters. If no container matches the name, a container will be created. If a container matches the name but the provided configuration does not match, the container will be updated, if it can be. If it cannot be updated, it will be removed and re-created with the requested config. Image version will be taken into account when comparing configuration. Use the recreate option to force the re-creation of the matching container.
started - Asserts there is a running container matching the name and any provided configuration. If no container matches the name, a container will be created and started. Use recreate to always re-create a matching container, even if it is running. Use force_restart to force a matching container to be stopped and restarted.
stopped - Asserts that the container is first present, and then if the container is running moves it to a stopped state.
created - Asserts that the container exists with given configuration. If container doesn't exist, the module creates it and leaves it in 'created' state. If configuration doesn't match or 'recreate' option is set, the container will be recreated
stop_signal
integer
Signal to stop a container. Default is SIGTERM.
stop_timeout
integer
Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container. Default is 10.
subgidname
string
Run the container in a new user namespace using the map with 'name' in the /etc/subgid file.
subuidname
string
Run the container in a new user namespace using the map with 'name' in the /etc/subuid file.
sysctl
dictionary
Configure namespaced kernel parameters at runtime
systemd
string
Run container in systemd mode. The default is true.
timezone
string
Set timezone in container. This flag takes area-based timezones, GMT time, as well as local, which sets the timezone in the container to match the host machine. See /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid timezones. Remote connections use local containers.conf for defaults.
tmpfs
dictionary
Create a tmpfs mount. For example tmpfs "/tmp" "rw,size=787448k,mode=1777"
tty
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Allocate a pseudo-TTY. The default is false.
uidmap
list / elements=string
Run the container in a new user namespace using the supplied mapping.
ulimit
list / elements=string
Ulimit options

aliases: ulimits
user
string
Sets the username or UID used and optionally the groupname or GID for the specified command.
userns
string
Set the user namespace mode for the container. It defaults to the PODMAN_USERNS environment variable. An empty value means user namespaces are disabled.

aliases: userns_mode
uts
string
Set the UTS mode for the container
volume
list / elements=string
Create a bind mount. If you specify, volume /HOST-DIR:/CONTAINER-DIR, podman bind mounts /HOST-DIR in the host to /CONTAINER-DIR in the podman container.

aliases: volumes
volumes_from
list / elements=string
Mount volumes from the specified container(s).
workdir
string
Working directory inside the container. The default working directory for running binaries within a container is the root directory (/).

aliases: working_dir

Examples

- name: Run container
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: container
    image: quay.io/bitnami/wildfly
    state: started

- name: Create a data container
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: mydata
    image: busybox
    volume:
      - /tmp/data

- name: Re-create a redis container with systemd service file generated in /tmp/
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: myredis
    image: redis
    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
    state: present
    recreate: yes
    expose:
      - 6379
    volumes_from:
      - mydata
    generate_systemd:
      path: /tmp/
      restart_policy: always
      time: 120
      names: true
      container_prefix: ainer

- name: Restart a container
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: myapplication
    image: redis
    state: started
    restart: yes
    etc_hosts:
        other: "127.0.0.1"
    restart_policy: "no"
    device: "/dev/sda:/dev/xvda:rwm"
    ports:
        - "8080:9000"
        - "127.0.0.1:8081:9001/udp"
    env:
        SECRET_KEY: "ssssh"
        BOOLEAN_KEY: "yes"

- name: Container present
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: mycontainer
    state: present
    image: ubuntu:14.04
    command: "sleep 1d"

- name: Stop a container
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: mycontainer
    state: stopped

- name: Start 4 load-balanced containers
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: "container{{ item }}"
    recreate: yes
    image: someuser/anotherappimage
    command: sleep 1d
  with_sequence: count=4

- name: remove container
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: ohno
    state: absent

- name: Writing output
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: myservice
    image: busybox
    log_options: path=/var/log/container/mycontainer.json
    log_driver: k8s-file

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
container
dictionary
always
Facts representing the current state of the container. Matches the podman inspection output.
Note that facts are part of the registered vars since Ansible 2.8. For compatibility reasons, the facts are also accessible directly as podman_container. Note that the returned fact will be removed in Ansible 2.12.
Empty if state is absent.

Sample:
{ "AppArmorProfile": "", "Args": [ "sh" ], "BoundingCaps": [ "CAP_CHOWN", ... ], "Config": { "Annotations": { "io.kubernetes.cri-o.ContainerType": "sandbox", "io.kubernetes.cri-o.TTY": "false" }, "AttachStderr": false, "AttachStdin": false, "AttachStdout": false, "Cmd": [ "sh" ], "Domainname": "", "Entrypoint": "", "Env": [ "PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin", "TERM=xterm", "HOSTNAME=", "container=podman" ], "Hostname": "", "Image": "docker.io/library/busybox:latest", "Labels": null, "OpenStdin": false, "StdinOnce": false, "StopSignal": 15, "Tty": false, "User": { "gid": 0, "uid": 0 }, "Volumes": null, "WorkingDir": "/" }, "ConmonPidFile": "...", "Created": "2019-06-17T19:13:09.873858307+03:00", "Dependencies": [], "Driver": "overlay", "EffectiveCaps": [ "CAP_CHOWN", ... ], "ExecIDs": [], "ExitCommand": [ "/usr/bin/podman", "--root", ... ], "GraphDriver": { ... }, "HostConfig": { ... }, "HostnamePath": "...", "HostsPath": "...", "ID": "...", "Image": "...", "ImageName": "docker.io/library/busybox:latest", "IsInfra": false, "LogPath": "/tmp/container/mycontainer.json", "MountLabel": "system_u:object_r:container_file_t:s0:c282,c782", "Mounts": [ ... ], "Name": "myservice", "Namespace": "", "NetworkSettings": { "Bridge": "", ... }, "Path": "sh", "ProcessLabel": "system_u:system_r:container_t:s0:c282,c782", "ResolvConfPath": "...", "RestartCount": 0, "Rootfs": "", "State": { "Dead": false, "Error": "", "ExitCode": 0, "FinishedAt": "2019-06-17T19:13:10.157518963+03:00", "Healthcheck": { "FailingStreak": 0, "Log": null, "Status": "" }, "OOMKilled": false, "OciVersion": "1.0.1-dev", "Paused": false, "Pid": 4083, "Restarting": false, "Running": false, "StartedAt": "2019-06-17T19:13:10.152479729+03:00", "Status": "exited" }, "StaticDir": "..." ... }


Authors

  • Sagi Shnaidman (@sshnaidm)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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