NAME

       podman-init - Initialize one or more containers

SYNOPSIS

       podman init [options] container [container...]

       podman container init [options] container [container...]

DESCRIPTION

       Initialize  one  or  more  containers.   You  may  use  container  IDs  or names as input.
       Initializing a container performs all tasks necessary for starting the container (mounting
       filesystems,  creating an OCI spec, initializing the container network) but does not start
       the container.  If a container is  not  initialized,  the  podman  start  and  podman  run
       commands initialize it automatically prior to starting it.  This command is intended to be
       used for inspecting a container's filesystem or OCI spec prior to starting it.   This  can
       be  used  to  inspect the container before it runs, or debug why a container is failing to
       run.

OPTIONS

   --all, -a
       Initialize all containers. Containers that have already initialized (including  containers
       that have been started and are running) are ignored.

   --latest, -l
       Instead  of providing the container name or ID, use the last created container.  Note: the
       last started container can be from other users of  Podman  on  the  host  machine.   (This
       option  is  not  available  with  the  remote  Podman  client,  including  Mac and Windows
       (excluding WSL2) machines)

EXAMPLE

       Initialize container with a given ID

       podman init 35480fc9d568

       Initialize container with a given name

       podman init test1

       Initialize the latest container created by Podman

       podman init --latest

SEE ALSO

       podman(1), podman-start(1)

HISTORY

       April 2019, Originally compiled by Matthew Heon mheon@redhat.com ⟨mailto:mheon@redhat.com⟩

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