containers.podman.podman_system_info module – Get podman system information from host machine

Note

This module is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.17.0).

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_system_info.

Synopsis

  • Runs “podman system info” on host machine

Requirements

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

  • Podman installed on host

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

executable

string

Path to podman executable if it is not in the $PATH on the machine running podman

Default: "podman"

Examples

- name: Get Podman system information
  containers.podman.podman_system_info:

- name: Get Podman system information into a variable
  containers.podman.podman_system_info:
  register: podman_info
- name: Printing Podman System info
  debug:
    msg: "{{ podman_info['podman_system_info'] }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

podman_system_info

dictionary

System information from podman

Returned: always

Sample: {"host": {"arch": "amd64", "buildahVersion": "1.40.1", "cgroupControllers": ["cpu", "io", "memory", "pids"], "cgroupManager": "systemd", "cgroupVersion": "v2", "conmon": {"package": "conmon-2.1.13-1.fc41.x86_64", "path": "/usr/bin/conmon", "version": "conmon version 2.1.13, commit "}, "cpuUtilization": {"idlePercent": 92.12, "systemPercent": 2.15, "userPercent": 5.73}, "cpus": 12, "databaseBackend": "boltdb", "distribution": {"distribution": "fedora", "variant": "workstation", "version": "41"}, "eventLogger": "journald", "freeLocks": 897, "hostname": "user.remote", "idMappings": {"gidmap": [{"container_id": 0, "host_id": 1000, "size": 1}, {"container_id": 1, "host_id": 100000, "size": 65536}], "uidmap": [{"container_id": 0, "host_id": 1000, "size": 1}, {"container_id": 1, "host_id": 100000, "size": 65536}]}, "kernel": "6.14.9-200.fc41.x86_64", "linkmode": "dynamic", "logDriver": "journald", "memFree": 3055095808, "memTotal": 67157032960, "networkBackend": "netavark", "networkBackendInfo": {"backend": "netavark", "dns": {"package": "aardvark-dns-1.15.0-1.fc41.x86_64", "path": "/usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns", "version": "aardvark-dns 1.15.0"}, "package": "netavark-1.15.2-1.fc41.x86_64", "path": "/usr/libexec/podman/netavark", "version": "netavark 1.15.2"}, "ociRuntime": {"name": "crun", "package": "crun-1.21-1.fc41.x86_64", "path": "/usr/bin/crun", "version": "crun version 1.21..."}, "os": "linux", "pasta": {"executable": "/usr/bin/pasta", "package": "passt-0^20250611.g0293c6f-1.fc41.x86_64", "version": "pasta 0^20250611.g0293c6f-1.fc41.x86_64\nCopyright Red Hat\n..."}, "remoteSocket": {"exists": true, "path": "/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock"}, "rootlessNetworkCmd": "pasta", "security": {"apparmorEnabled": false, "capabilities": "CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,...", "rootless": true, "seccompEnabled": true, "seccompProfilePath": "/usr/share/containers/seccomp.json", "selinuxEnabled": true}, "serviceIsRemote": false, "slirp4netns": {"executable": "/usr/bin/slirp4netns", "package": "slirp4netns-1.3.1-1.fc41.x86_64", "version": "slirp4netns version 1.3.1\ncommit..."}, "swapFree": 1911504896, "swapTotal": 8589930496, "uptime": "115h 11m 51.00s (Approximately 3.88 days)", "variant": ""}, "plugins": {"authorization": null, "log": ["k8s-file", "none", "passthrough", "journald"], "network": ["bridge", "macvlan", "ipvlan"], "volume": ["local"]}, "registries": {"search": ["registry.fedoraproject.org", "registry.access.redhat.com", "docker.io"]}, "store": {"configFile": "/home/user/.config/containers/storage.conf", "containerStore": {"number": 6, "paused": 0, "running": 1, "stopped": 5}, "graphDriverName": "overlay", "graphOptions": {"overlay.mountopt": "nodev"}, "graphRoot": "/home/user/.local/share/containers/storage", "graphRootAllocated": 502921060352, "graphRootUsed": 457285541888, "graphStatus": {"Backing Filesystem": "extfs", "Native Overlay Diff": "false", "Supports d_type": "true", "Supports shifting": "true", "Supports volatile": "true", "Using metacopy": "false"}, "imageCopyTmpDir": "/var/tmp", "imageStore": {"number": 859}, "runRoot": "/run/user/1000/containers", "transientStore": false, "volumePath": "/storage/containers/storage/volumes"}, "version": {"APIVersion": "5.5.1", "BuildOrigin": "Fedora Project", "Built": 1749081600, "BuiltTime": "Thu Jun  5 03:00:00 2025", "GitCommit": "850db76dd78a0641eddb9ee19ee6f60d2c59bcfa", "GoVersion": "go1.23.9", "Os": "linux", "OsArch": "linux/amd64", "Version": "5.5.1"}}

Authors

  • Johnson Lien (@johnsonlien)