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 will do so  automatically  prior  to  starting  it.
       This  command  is  intended to be used for inspecting or modifying the 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. If you use  methods  other
       than  Podman  to  run  containers such as CRI-O, the last started container could be from either of those
       methods. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client)

EXAMPLE

       podman init 35480fc9d568

       podman init test1

       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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