% podman-ps 1 ## NAME podman\-ps - Print out information about containers ## SYNOPSIS **podman ps** [*options*] **podman container ps** [*options*] **podman container list** [*options*] **podman container ls** [*options*] ## DESCRIPTION **podman ps** lists the running containers on the system. Use the **--all** flag to view all the containers information. By default it lists: * container id * the name of the image the container is using * the COMMAND the container is executing * the time the container was created * the status of the container * port mappings the container is using * alternative names for the container ## OPTIONS #### **--all**, **-a** Show all the containers, default is only running containers. Note: Podman shares containers storage with other tools such as Buildah and CRI-O. In some cases these `external` containers might also exist in the same storage. Use the `--external` option to see these external containers. External containers show the 'storage' status. #### **--external** Display external containers that are not controlled by Podman but are stored in containers storage. These external containers are generally created via other container technology such as Buildah or CRI-O and may depend on the same container images that Podman is also using. External containers are denoted with either a 'buildah' or 'storage' in the COMMAND and STATUS column of the ps output. #### **--filter**, **-f** Filter what containers are shown in the output. Multiple filters can be given with multiple uses of the --filter flag. Filters with the same key work inclusive with the only exception being `label` which is exclusive. Filters with different keys always work exclusive. Valid filters are listed below: | **Filter** | **Description** | |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | id | [ID] Container's ID (CID prefix match by default; accepts regex) | | name | [Name] Container's name (accepts regex) | | label | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label assigned to a container | | label! | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label NOT assigned to a container | | exited | [Int] Container's exit code | | status | [Status] Container's status: 'created', 'initialized', 'exited', 'paused', 'running', 'unknown' | | ancestor | [ImageName] Image or descendant used to create container (accepts regex) | | before | [ID] or [Name] Containers created before this container | | since | [ID] or [Name] Containers created since this container | | volume | [VolumeName] or [MountpointDestination] Volume mounted in container | | health | [Status] healthy or unhealthy | | pod | [Pod] name or full or partial ID of pod | | network | [Network] name or full ID of network | | until | [DateTime] container created before the given duration or time. | | command | [Command] the command the container is executing, only argv[0] is taken | #### **--format**=*format* Pretty-print containers to JSON or using a Go template Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below: | **Placeholder** | **Description** | |--------------------|----------------------------------------------| | .AutoRemove | If true, containers are removed on exit | | .CIDFile | Container ID File | | .Command | Quoted command used | | .Created ... | Creation time for container, Y-M-D H:M:S | | .CreatedAt | Creation time for container (same as above) | | .CreatedHuman | Creation time, relative | | .ExitCode | Container exit code | | .Exited | "true" if container has exited | | .ExitedAt | Time (epoch seconds) that container exited | | .ExposedPorts ... | Map of exposed ports on this container | | .ID | Container ID | | .Image | Image Name/ID | | .ImageID | Image ID | | .IsInfra | "true" if infra container | | .Label *string* | Specified label of the container | | .Labels ... | All the labels assigned to the container | | .Mounts | Volumes mounted in the container | | .Names | Name of container | | .Networks | Show all networks connected to the container | | .Pid | Process ID on host system | | .Pod | Pod the container is associated with (SHA) | | .PodName | PodName of the container | | .Ports | Forwarded and exposed ports | | .Restarts | Display the container restart count | | .RunningFor | Time elapsed since container was started | | .Size | Size of container | | .StartedAt | Time (epoch seconds) the container started | | .State | Human-friendly description of ctr state | | .Status | Status of container | #### **--help**, **-h** Print usage statement #### **--last**, **-n** Print the n last created containers (all states) #### **--latest**, **-l** Show the latest container created (all states) (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines) #### **--namespace**, **--ns** Display namespace information #### **--no-trunc** Do not truncate the output (default *false*). #### **--noheading** Omit the table headings from the listing of containers. #### **--pod**, **-p** Display the pods the containers are associated with #### **--quiet**, **-q** Print the numeric IDs of the containers only #### **--size**, **-s** Display the total file size #### **--sort**=*created* Sort by command, created, id, image, names, runningfor, size, or status", Note: Choosing size sorts by size of rootFs, not alphabetically like the rest of the options #### **--sync** Force a sync of container state with the OCI runtime. In some cases, a container's state in the runtime can become out of sync with Podman's state. This updates Podman's state based on what the OCI runtime reports. Forcibly syncing is much slower, but can resolve inconsistent state issues. #### **--watch**, **-w** Refresh the output with current containers on an interval in seconds. ## EXAMPLES List running containers. ``` $ podman ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 4089df24d4f3 docker.io/library/centos:latest /bin/bash 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2000-2006->2000-2006/tcp manyports 92f58933c28c docker.io/library/centos:latest /bin/bash 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 192.168.99.100:1000-1006->1000-1006/tcp zen_sanderson ``` List all containers. ``` $ podman ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 02f65160e14ca redis:alpine "redis-server" 19 hours ago Exited (-1) 19 hours ago 6379/tcp k8s_podsandbox1-redis_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_0 69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine "redis-server" 25 hours ago Created 6379/tcp k8s_container1_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1 ``` List all containers including their size. Note: this can take longer since Podman needs to calculate the size from the file system. ``` $ podman ps -a -s CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES SIZE 02f65160e14ca redis:alpine "redis-server" 20 hours ago Exited (-1) 20 hours ago 6379/tcp k8s_podsandbox1-redis_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_0 27.49 MB 69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine "redis-server" 25 hours ago Created 6379/tcp k8s_container1_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1 27.49 MB ``` List all containers, running or not, using a custom Go format. ``` $ podman ps -a --format "{{.ID}} {{.Image}} {{.Labels}} {{.Mounts}}" 02f65160e14ca redis:alpine tier=backend proc,tmpfs,devpts,shm,mqueue,sysfs,cgroup,/var/run/,/var/run/ 69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine batch=no,type=small proc,tmpfs,devpts,shm,mqueue,sysfs,cgroup,/var/run/,/var/run/ ``` List all containers and display their namespaces. ``` $ podman ps --ns -a CONTAINER ID NAMES PID CGROUP IPC MNT NET PIDNS USER UTS 3557d882a82e3 k8s_container2_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1 29910 4026531835 4026532585 4026532593 4026532508 4026532595 4026531837 4026532594 09564cdae0bec k8s_container1_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1 29851 4026531835 4026532585 4026532590 4026532508 4026532592 4026531837 4026532591 a31ebbee9cee7 k8s_podsandbox1-redis_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_0 29717 4026531835 4026532585 4026532587 4026532508 4026532589 4026531837 4026532588 ``` List all containers including size sorted by names. ``` $ podman ps -a --size --sort names CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine "redis-server" 25 hours ago Created 6379/tcp k8s_container1_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1 02f65160e14ca redis:alpine "redis-server" 19 hours ago Exited (-1) 19 hours ago 6379/tcp k8s_podsandbox1-redis_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_0 ``` List all external containers created by tools other than Podman. ``` $ podman ps --external -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine "redis-server" 25 hours ago Created 6379/tcp k8s_container1_podsandbox1_redhat.test.crio_redhat-test-crio_1 38a8a78596f9 docker.io/library/busybox:latest buildah 2 hours ago storage busybox-working-container fd7b786b5c32 docker.io/library/alpine:latest buildah 2 hours ago storage alpine-working-container f78620804e00 scratch buildah 2 hours ago storage working-container ``` List containers with their associated pods. ``` $ podman ps --pod CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES POD ID PODNAME 4089df24d4f3 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 80/tcp webserver 1234567890ab web-pod 92f58933c28c docker.io/library/redis:latest redis 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 6379/tcp cache 1234567890ab web-pod a1b2c3d4e5f6 docker.io/library/centos:latest /bin/bash 1 minute ago Up 1 minute standalone-container ``` List all containers with pod information, including those not in pods. ``` $ podman ps -a --pod CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES POD ID PODNAME 4089df24d4f3 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 80/tcp webserver 1234567890ab web-pod 92f58933c28c docker.io/library/redis:latest redis 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 6379/tcp cache 1234567890ab web-pod 69ed779d8ef9f redis:alpine redis 25 hours ago Exited (0) 25 hours ago 6379/tcp old-cache 5678901234cd old-pod a1b2c3d4e5f6 docker.io/library/centos:latest /bin/bash 1 minute ago Up 1 minute standalone-container ``` Filter containers by pod name. ``` $ podman ps --filter pod=web-pod CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 4089df24d4f3 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 80/tcp webserver 92f58933c28c docker.io/library/redis:latest redis 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 6379/tcp cache ``` Filter containers by Status. ``` $ podman ps --filter status=running CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES ff660efda598 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp webserver 5693e934f4c6 docker.io/library/redis:latest redis-server 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 6379/tcp cache 2b271d67dbb6 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:9090->80/tcp 463241862e7e-infra 23f99674da1c docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:9090->80/tcp pod-nginx 62180adfbd42 docker.io/library/redis:latest redis-server 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:9090->80/tcp, 6379/tcp pod-redis 5e3694604817 quay.io/centos/centos:latest sleep 300 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes centos-test af3d8b3f5471 docker.io/library/busybox:latest sleep 1000 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes test-dev b6ee47492b64 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes (healthy) 80/tcp healthy-nginx db75e6c397db docker.io/library/busybox:latest sleep 300 23 seconds ago Up 23 seconds test-volume-container ``` ``` $ podman ps -a --filter status=exited CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 94f211cc6e36 docker.io/library/alpine:latest sleep 1 4 minutes ago Exited (0) 4 minutes ago old-alpine 75a800cb848a docker.io/library/mysql:latest mysqld 3 minutes ago Exited (1) 3 minutes ago 3306/tcp, 33060/tcp db-container 2d9b3a94e31e docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx 3 minutes ago Exited (0) 3 minutes ago 80/tcp nginx-cmd ``` Filter containers by name. ``` $ podman ps --filter name=webserver CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES ff660efda598 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp webserver ``` Filter containers by label. ``` $ podman ps --filter label=app=frontend CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES ff660efda598 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp webserver ``` Filter containers by volume. ``` $ podman ps --filter volume=mydata CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES db75e6c397db docker.io/library/busybox:latest sleep 300 42 seconds ago Up 42 seconds test-volume-container ``` Filter containers by network. ``` $ podman ps --filter network=web-net CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 5e3694604817 quay.io/centos/centos:latest sleep 300 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes centos-test ``` Use custom format to show container and pod information. ``` $ podman ps --format "{{.Names}} is in pod {{.PodName}} ({{.Pod}})" webserver is in pod web-pod (1234567890ab) cache is in pod web-pod (1234567890ab) standalone-container is in pod () ``` ## SEE ALSO **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[buildah(1)](https://github.com/containers/buildah/blob/main/docs/buildah.1.md)**, **[crio(8)](https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/main/docs/crio.8.md)** ## HISTORY August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani