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)

EXAMPLES

       Initialize specified container with a given ID.

       $ podman init 35480fc9d568

       Initialize specified container with a given name.

       $ podman init test1

       Initialize  the  latest container. (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including
       Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)

       $ podman init --latest

       Initialize all containers.

       $ podman init --all
       9d2629dda7b9d4ca35c1fc63fa56592a08b9d5ab988b4301fddf16b623f676cc
       a9b78bcac97e131236930e3fa0be576e95ab89c96a7cb6fb1c821b772db9f623
       9db345273719c14bc254f90ef2df24779193b42d68b1364c0914ca6f76cf5e9c

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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