containers.podman.podman_prune module – Allows to prune various podman objects

Note

This module is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.11.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in containers.podman 1.10.0

Synopsis

  • Allows to run podman container prune, podman image prune, podman network prune, podman volume prune and podman system prune

Requirements

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

  • Podman installed on host

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

container

boolean

Whether to prune containers.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

container_filters

dictionary

A dictionary of filter values used for selecting containers to delete.

For example, until: 24h.

See the podman documentation for more information on possible filters.

executable

string

Podman binary.

Default: "podman"

image

boolean

Whether to prune images.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

image_filters

dictionary

A dictionary of filter values used for selecting images to delete.

You can also use dangling_only: false to delete dangling and non-dangling images or external: true to delete images even when they are used by external containers.

See the podman documentation for more information on possible filters.

network

boolean

Whether to prune networks.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

network_filters

dictionary

A dictionary of filter values used for selecting networks to delete.

See the podman documentation for more information on possible filters.

system

boolean

Whether to prune unused pods, containers, image, networks and volume data

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

system_all

boolean

Whether to prune all unused images, not only dangling images.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

system_volumes

boolean

Whether to prune volumes currently unused by any container.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

volume

boolean

Whether to prune volumes.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

volume_filters

dictionary

A dictionary of filter values used for selecting volumes to delete.

See the podman documentation for more information on possible filters.

Examples

- name: Prune containers older than 24h
  containers.podman.podman_prune:
      containers: true
      containers_filters:
          # only consider containers created more than 24 hours ago
          until: 24h

- name: Prune everything
  containers.podman.podman_prune:
      system: true

- name: Prune everything (including non-dangling images)
  containers.podman.podman_prune:
      system: true
      system_all: true
      system_volumes: true

Return Values

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

Key

Description

containers

list / elements=string

List of IDs of deleted containers.

Returned: containers is true

Sample: []

images

list / elements=string

List of IDs of deleted images.

Returned: images is true

Sample: []

networks

list / elements=string

List of IDs of deleted networks.

Returned: networks is true

Sample: []

system

list / elements=string

List of ID of deleted containers, volumes, images, network and total reclaimed space

Returned: system is true

Sample: []

volumes

list / elements=string

List of IDs of deleted volumes.

Returned: volumes is true

Sample: []

Authors

  • Roberto Alfieri (@rebtoor)