containers.podman.podman_pod – Manage Podman pods

Note

This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install containers.podman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: containers.podman.podman_pod.

New in version 1.0.0: of containers.podman

Synopsis

  • Manage podman pods.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • podman

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
add_host
list / elements=string
Add a host to the /etc/hosts file shared between all containers in the pod.
cgroup_parent
string
Path to cgroups under which the cgroup for the pod will be created. If the path is not absolute, he path is considered to be relative to the cgroups path of the init process. Cgroups will be created if they do not already exist.
debug
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Return additional information which can be helpful for investigations.
dns
list / elements=string
Set custom DNS servers in the /etc/resolv.conf file that will be shared between all containers in the pod. A special option, "none" is allowed which disables creation of /etc/resolv.conf for the pod.
dns_opt
list / elements=string
Set custom DNS options in the /etc/resolv.conf file that will be shared between all containers in the pod.
dns_search
list / elements=string
Set custom DNS search domains in the /etc/resolv.conf file that will be shared between all containers in the pod.
executable
string
Default:
"podman"
Path to podman executable if it is not in the $PATH on the machine running podman
generate_systemd
dictionary
Default:
{}
Generate systemd unit file for container.
container_prefix
string
Set the systemd unit name prefix for containers. The default is "container".
names
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Use names of the containers for the start, stop, and description in the unit file. Default is true.
no_header
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Do not generate the header including meta data such as the Podman version and the timestamp. From podman version 3.1.0.
path
string
Specify a path to the directory where unit files will be generated. If it doesn't exist, the directory will be created.
pod_prefix
string
Set the systemd unit name prefix for pods. The default is "pod".
restart_policy
string
    Choices:
  • no
  • on-success
  • on-failure
  • on-abnormal
  • on-watchdog
  • on-abort
  • always
Specify a restart policy for the service. The restart-policy must be one of "no", "on-success", "on-failure", "on-abnormal", "on-watchdog", "on-abort", or "always". The default policy is "on-failure".
separator
string
Set the systemd unit name separator between the name/id of a container/pod and the prefix. The default is "-" (dash).
time
integer
Override the default stop timeout for the container with the given value.
hostname
string
Set a hostname to the pod
infra
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Create an infra container and associate it with the pod. An infra container is a lightweight container used to coordinate the shared kernel namespace of a pod. Default is true.
infra_command
string
The command that will be run to start the infra container. Default is "/pause".
infra_conmon_pidfile
string
Write the pid of the infra container's conmon process to a file. As conmon runs in a separate process than Podman, this is necessary when using systemd to manage Podman containers and pods.
infra_image
string
The image that will be created for the infra container. Default is "k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.1".
infra_name
string
The name that will be used for the pod's infra container.
ip
string
Set a static IP for the pod's shared network.
label
dictionary
Add metadata to a pod, pass dictionary of label keys and values.
label_file
string
Read in a line delimited file of labels.
mac_address
string
Set a static MAC address for the pod's shared network.
name
string / required
Assign a name to the pod.
network
string
Set network mode for the pod. Supported values are bridge (the default), host (do not create a network namespace, all containers in the pod will use the host's network), or a comma-separated list of the names of CNI networks the pod should join.
no_hosts
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Disable creation of /etc/hosts for the pod.
pod_id_file
string
Write the pod ID to the file.
publish
list / elements=string
Publish a port or range of ports from the pod to the host.

aliases: ports
recreate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Use with present and started states to force the re-creation of an existing pod.
share
string
A comma delimited list of kernel namespaces to share. If none or "" is specified, no namespaces will be shared. The namespaces to choose from are ipc, net, pid, user, uts.
state
string
    Choices:
  • created ←
  • killed
  • restarted
  • absent
  • started
  • stopped
  • paused
  • unpaused
This variable is set for state

Examples

# What modules does for example
- podman_pod:
    name: pod1
    state: started
    ports:
      - 4444:5555

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
pod
dictionary
always
Pod inspection results for the given pod built.

Sample:
{'Config': {'cgroupParent': '/libpod_parent', 'created': '2020-06-14T15:16:12.230818767+03:00', 'hostname': 'newpod', 'id': 'a5a5c6cdf8c72272fc5c33f787e8d7501e2fa0c1e92b2b602860defdafeeec58', 'infraConfig': {'infraPortBindings': None, 'makeInfraContainer': True}, 'labels': {}, 'lockID': 515, 'name': 'newpod', 'sharesCgroup': True, 'sharesIpc': True, 'sharesNet': True, 'sharesUts': True}, 'Containers': [{'id': 'dc70a947c7ae15198ec38b3c817587584085dee3919cbeb9969e3ab77ba10fd2', 'state': 'configured'}], 'State': {'cgroupPath': '/libpod_parent/a5a5c6cdf8c72272fc5c33f787e8d7501e2fa0c1e92b2b602860defdafeeec58', 'infraContainerID': 'dc70a947c7ae15198ec38b3c817587584085dee3919cbeb9969e3ab77ba10fd2', 'status': 'Created'}}


Authors

  • Sagi Shnaidman (@sshnaidm)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/containers/podman/podman_pod_module.html