podman – Interact with an existing podman container

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing container using podman tool.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
remote_addr
-
Default:
"inventory_hostname"
var: ansible_host
The ID of the container you want to access.
remote_user
-
ini entries:

[defaults]
remote_user = VALUE

env:ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER
var: ansible_user
User specified via name or UID which is used to execute commands inside the container. If you specify the user via UID, you must set ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP to a path that exits inside the container and is writable by Ansible.

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