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.
Write the pid of the `conmon` process to a file. `conmon` daemonizes separate from Podman, so this is necessary when using systemd to restart Podman containers.
Limit the number of CPUs available for execution by the container.
On Windows Server containers, this is approximated as a percentage of total CPU usage.
On Windows Server containers, the processor resource controls are mutually exclusive, the order of precedence is CPUCount first, then CPUShares, and CPUPercent last.
**--cpu-period**=*0*
Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period
Limit the container's CPU usage. This flag tell the kernel to restrict the container's CPU usage to the period you specify.
**--cpu-quota**=*0*
Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota
Limit the container's CPU usage. By default, containers run with the full
CPU resource. This flag tell the kernel to restrict the container's CPU usage
to the quota you specify.
**--cpu-rt-period**=0
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**=0
Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds
Limit the containers Real Time CPU usage. This flag tells the kernel to limit the amount of time in a given CPU period Real Time tasks may consume. Ex:
Period of 1,000,000us and Runtime of 950,000us means that this container could consume 95% of available CPU and leave the remaining 5% to normal priority tasks.
The sum of all runtimes across containers cannot exceed the amount allotted to the parent cgroup.
**--cpu-shares**=*0*
CPU shares (relative weight)
By default, all containers get the same proportion of CPU cycles. This proportion
can be modified by changing the container's CPU share weighting relative
to the weighting of all other running containers.
To modify the proportion from the default of 1024, use the **--cpu-shares**
flag to set the weighting to 2 or higher.
The proportion will only apply when CPU-intensive processes are running.
When tasks in one container are idle, other containers can use the
left-over CPU time. The actual amount of CPU time will vary depending on
the number of containers running on the system.
For example, consider three containers, one has a cpu-share of 1024 and
two others have a cpu-share setting of 512. When processes in all three
containers attempt to use 100% of CPU, the first container would receive
50% of the total CPU time. If you add a fourth container with a cpu-share
of 1024, the first container only gets 33% of the CPU. The remaining containers
receive 16.5%, 16.5% and 33% of the CPU.
On a multi-core system, the shares of CPU time are distributed over all CPU
cores. Even if a container is limited to less than 100% of CPU time, it can
use 100% of each individual CPU core.
For example, consider a system with more than three cores. If you start one
container **{C0}** with **-c=512** running one process, and another container
**{C1}** with **-c=1024** running two processes, this can result in the following
division of CPU shares:
PID container CPU CPU share
100 {C0} 0 100% of CPU0
101 {C1} 1 100% of CPU1
102 {C1} 2 100% of CPU2
**--cpus**=0.0
Number of CPUs. The default is *0.0* which means no limit.
**--cpuset-cpus**=""
CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)
**--cpuset-mems**=""
Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.
If you have four memory nodes on your system (0-3), use `--cpuset-mems=0,1`
then processes in your container will only use memory from the first
two memory nodes.
**-d**, **--detach**=*true*|*false*
Detached mode: run the container in the background and print the new container ID. The default is *false*.
the detached mode, then you cannot use the **-rm** option.
When attached in the tty mode, you can detach from the container (and leave it
running) using a configurable key sequence. The default sequence is `CTRL-p CTRL-q`.
You configure the key sequence using the **--detach-keys** option or a configuration file.
See **config-json(5)** for documentation on using a configuration file.
**--detach-keys**=""
Override the key sequence for detaching a container. Format is a single character `[a-Z]` or `ctrl-<value>` where `<value>` is one of: `a-z`, `@`, `^`, `[`, `,` or `_`.
**--device**=[]
Add a host device to the container (e.g. --device=/dev/sdc:/dev/xvdc:rwm)
**--device-read-bps**=[]
Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)
**--device-read-iops**=[]
Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-iops=/dev/sda:1000)
**--device-write-bps**=[]
Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device (e.g. --device-write-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)
**--device-write-iops**=[]
Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device (e.g. --device-write-iops=/dev/sda:1000)
**--dns**=[]
Set custom DNS servers
This option can be used to override the DNS
configuration passed to the container. Typically this is necessary when the
host DNS configuration is invalid for the container (e.g., 127.0.0.1). When this
is the case the **--dns** flags is necessary for every run.
**--dns-option**=[]
Set custom DNS options
**--dns-search**=[]
Set custom DNS search domains (Use --dns-search=. if you don't wish to set the search domain)
**--entrypoint**=""
Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image
This option allows you to overwrite the default entrypoint of the image.
The ENTRYPOINT of an image is similar to a COMMAND
because it specifies what executable to run when the container starts, but it is
(purposely) more difficult to override. The ENTRYPOINT gives a container its
default nature or behavior, so that when you set an ENTRYPOINT you can run the
container as if it were that binary, complete with default options, and you can
pass in more options via the COMMAND. But, sometimes an operator may want to run
something else inside the container, so you can override the default ENTRYPOINT
at runtime by using a **--entrypoint** and a string to specify the new
ENTRYPOINT.
**-e**, **--env**=[]
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**=[]
Read in a line delimited file of environment variables
**--expose**=[]
Expose a port, or a range of ports (e.g. --expose=3300-3310) to set up port redirection
GID map for the user namespace. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. It conflicts with the `--userns` and `--subgidname` flags.
The following example maps uids 0-2000 in the container to the uids 30000-31999 on the host and gids 0-2000 in the container to the gids 30000-31999 on the host.
Default is to create a private IPC namespace (POSIX SysV IPC) for the container
'container:<name|id>': reuses another container shared memory, semaphores and message queues
'host': use the host shared memory,semaphores and message queues inside the container. Note: the host mode gives the container full access to local shared memory and is therefore considered insecure.
**--kernel-memory**=""
Kernel memory limit (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b, k, m or g)
Constrains the kernel memory available to a container. If a limit of 0
is specified (not using `--kernel-memory`), the container's kernel memory
is not limited. If you specify a limit, it may be rounded up to a multiple
of the operating system's page size and the value can be very large,
millions of trillions.
**-l**, **--label**=[]
Add metadata to a container (e.g., --label com.example.key=value)
'host': use the podman host network stack. Note: the host mode gives the container full access to local system services such as D-bus and is therefore considered insecure.
Whether to disable OOM Killer for the container or not.
**--oom-score-adj**=""
Tune the host's OOM preferences for containers (accepts -1000 to 1000)
**--pid**=""
Set the PID mode for the container
Default is to create a private PID namespace for the container
'container:<name|id>': join another container's PID namespace
'host': use the host's PID namespace for the container. Note: the host mode gives the container full access to local PID and is therefore considered insecure.
**--pids-limit**=""
Tune the container's pids limit. Set `-1` to have unlimited pids for the container.
**--pod**=""
Run container in an existing pod
**--privileged**=*true*|*false*
Give extended privileges to this container. The default is *false*.
Name for GID map from the `/etc/subgid` file. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. This flag conflicts with `--userns` and `--gidmap`.
**--subuidname**=name
Name for UID map from the `/etc/subuid` file. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. This flag conflicts with `--userns` and `--uidmap`.
UID map for the user namespace. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. It conflicts with the `--userns` and `--subuidname` flags.
The following example maps uids 0-2000 in the container to the uids 30000-31999 on the host and gids 0-2000 in the container to the gids 30000-31999 on the host.