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, 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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