containers.podman.podman_export module – Export a podman container
Note
This module is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.15.4).
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_export
.
Synopsis
podman export exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tarball on the local machine
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Podman installed on host
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
---|---|
Container to export. |
|
Path to export container to. |
|
Path to Default: |
|
Force saving to file even if it exists. Choices:
|
|
Volume to export. |
Examples
# What modules does for example
- containers.podman.podman_export:
dest: /path/to/tar/file
container: container-name
- containers.podman.podman_export:
dest: /path/to/tar/file
volume: volume-name