# containers.podman.podman_pod – Manage Podman pods

Note

This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.10.1).

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

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Examples

- Return Values

## 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.
cpus string |  | Set the total number of CPUs delegated to the pod. Default is 0.000 which indicates that there is no limit on computation power.
cpuset_cpus string |  | Limit the CPUs to support execution. First CPU is numbered 0. Unlike `cpus` this is of type string and parsed as a list of numbers. Format is 0-3,0,1
debug boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Return additional information which can be helpful for investigations.
device list / elements=string |  | Add a host device to the pod. Optional permissions parameter can be used to specify device permissions. It is a combination of r for read, w for write, and m for mknod(2)
device_read_bps list / elements=string |  | Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. device-read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)
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.
| after list / elements=string |  | Add the systemd unit after (After=) option, that ordering dependencies between the list of dependencies and this service.
| 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.
| new boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Create containers and pods when the unit is started instead of expecting them to exist. The default is "false". Refer to podman-generate-systemd(1) for more information.
| 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. Required for this option. 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".
| requires list / elements=string |  | Set the systemd unit requires (Requires=) option. Similar to wants, but declares a stronger requirement dependency.
| 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.
| wants list / elements=string |  | Add the systemd unit wants (Wants=) option, that this service is (weak) dependent on.
gidmap list / elements=string |  | GID map for the user namespace. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. It conflicts with the `userns` and `subgidname` flags.
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 list / elements=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 list of names of CNI networks to join.
network_alias list / elements=string |  | Add a network-scoped alias for the pod, setting the alias for all networks that the pod joins. To set a name only for a specific network, use the alias option as described under the -`network` option. Network aliases work only with the bridge networking mode. This option can be specified multiple times. aliases: network_aliases
no_hosts boolean | Choices: no yes | Disable creation of /etc/hosts for the pod.
pid string |  | Set the PID mode for the pod. The default is to create a private PID namespace for the pod. Requires the PID namespace to be shared via `share` option.
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
subgidname string |  | Name for GID map from the /etc/subgid file. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. This flag conflicts with `userns` and `gidmap`.
subuidname string |  | Name for UID map from the /etc/subuid file. Using this flag will run the container with user namespace enabled. This flag conflicts with `userns` and `uidmap`.
uidmap list / elements=string |  | Run the container in a new user namespace using the supplied mapping. This option conflicts with the `userns` and `subuidname` options. This option provides a way to map host UIDs to container UIDs. It can be passed several times to map different ranges.
userns string |  | Set the user namespace mode for all the containers in a pod. It defaults to the PODMAN_USERNS environment variable. An empty value ("") means user namespaces are disabled.
volume list / elements=string |  | Create a bind mount. aliases: volumes

## Examples

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

    # Connect random port from localhost to port 80 on pod2
    - name: Connect random port from localhost to port 80 on pod2
      containers.podman.podman_pod:
        name: pod2
        state: started
        publish: "127.0.0.1::80"

## 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)