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NAME
       Buildah	-  A command line tool that facilitates	building OCI container
       images.

SYNOPSIS
       buildah [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION
       The Buildah package provides a command line tool	which can be used to:

       * Create	a working container, either from scratch or using an image as a	starting point.
       * Mount a working container's root filesystem for manipulation.
       * Unmount a working container's root filesystem.
       * Use the updated contents of a container's root	filesystem as a	filesystem layer to create a new image.
       * Delete	a working container or an image.
       * Rename	a local	container.

OPTIONS
       --cgroup-manager=manager

       The CGroup manager to use for container cgroups.	Supported  values  are
       cgroupfs	 or  systemd. Default is systemd unless	overridden in the con-
       tainers.conf file.

       Note: Setting this flag can cause certain commands to break when	called
       on containers previously	created	by  the	 other	CGroup	manager	 type.
       Note:  CGroup  manager  is  not	supported  in rootless mode when using
       CGroups Version V1.

       --log-level value

       The log level to	be used. Either	"trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "er-
       ror", "fatal", or "panic", defaulting to	"warn".

       --help, -h

       Show help

       --registries-conf path

       Pathname	of the configuration file which	specifies which	container reg-
       istries should be consulted when	completing image names	which  do  not
       include	a registry or domain portion.  It is not recommended that this
       option be used, as the default behavior of using	the  system-wide  con-
       figuration (/etc/containers/registries.conf) is most often preferred.

       --registries-conf-dir path

       Pathname	 of  the directory which contains configuration	snippets which
       specify registries which	should	be  consulted  when  completing	 image
       names  which  do	 not  include a	registry or domain portion.  It	is not
       recommended that	this option be used, as	the default behavior of	 using
       the  system-wide	 configuration	(/etc/containers/registries.d) is most
       often preferred.

       --root value

       Storage root dir	(default:  "/var/lib/containers/storage"  for  UID  0,
       "$HOME/.local/share/containers/storage"	for  other users) Default root
       dir is configured in /etc/containers/storage.conf

       --runroot value

       Storage	state  dir  (default:  "/run/containers/storage"  for  UID  0,
       "/run/user/$UID"	 for  other  users) Default state dir is configured in
       /etc/containers/storage.conf

       --short-name-alias-conf path

       Pathname	of the file which contains cached mappings between short image
       names and their corresponding fully-qualified names.  It	 is  used  for
       mapping	from  names  of	images specified using short names like	"ubi8"
       which don't include a registry component	 and  a	 corresponding	fully-
       specified name which includes a registry	and any	other components, such
       as  "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8".  It is not recommended that this
       option be used, as the default behavior of using	the system-wide	 cache
       (/var/cache/containers/short-name-aliases.conf)	 or   per-user	 cache
       ($HOME/.cache/containers/short-name-aliases.conf) to supplement system-
       wide defaults is	most often preferred.

       --storage-driver	value

       Storage driver.	The default storage driver for UID 0 is	configured  in
       /etc/containers/storage.conf  ($HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf in
       rootless	mode), and is vfs for other users.  The	 STORAGE_DRIVER	 envi-
       ronment variable	overrides the default.	The --storage-driver specified
       driver overrides	all.

       Examples: "overlay", "vfs"

       Overriding this option will cause the storage-opt settings in /etc/con-
       tainers/storage.conf  to	 be ignored.  The user must specify additional
       options via the --storage-opt flag.

       --storage-opt value

       Storage driver option, Default storage driver options are configured in
       /etc/containers/storage.conf ($HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf  in
       rootless	mode). The STORAGE_OPTS	environment variable overrides the de-
       fault. The --storage-opt	specified options overrides all.

       --userns-gid-map	mapping

       Directly	specifies a GID	mapping	which should be	used to	set ownership,
       at the filesystem level,	on the working container's contents.  Commands
       run  when  handling RUN instructions will default to being run in their
       own user	namespaces, configured using the UID and GID maps.

       Entries in this map take	 the  form  of	one  or	 more  colon-separated
       triples	of a starting in-container GID,	a corresponding	starting host-
       level GID, and the number of consecutive	IDs which the map entry	repre-
       sents.

       This option overrides the remap-gids setting in the options section  of
       /etc/containers/storage.conf.

       If  this	option is not specified, but a global --userns-gid-map setting
       is supplied, settings from the global option will be used.

       If none of --userns-uid-map-user, --userns-gid-map-group, or  --userns-
       gid-map	are  specified,	but --userns-uid-map is	specified, the GID map
       will be set to use the same numeric values as the UID map.

       NOTE: When this option is specified by a	rootless user,	the  specified
       mappings	 are  relative to the rootless usernamespace in	the container,
       rather than being relative to the host as it would be when run rootful.

       --userns-uid-map	mapping

       Directly	specifies a UID	mapping	which should be	used to	set ownership,
       at the filesystem level,	on the working container's contents.  Commands
       run when	handling RUN instructions will default to being	run  in	 their
       own user	namespaces, configured using the UID and GID maps.

       Entries	in  this  map  take  the  form	of one or more colon-separated
       triples of a starting in-container UID, a corresponding starting	 host-
       level UID, and the number of consecutive	IDs which the map entry	repre-
       sents.

       This  option overrides the remap-uids setting in	the options section of
       /etc/containers/storage.conf.

       If this option is not specified,	but a global --userns-uid-map  setting
       is supplied, settings from the global option will be used.

       If  none	of --userns-uid-map-user, --userns-gid-map-group, or --userns-
       uid-map are specified, but --userns-gid-map is specified, the  UID  map
       will be set to use the same numeric values as the GID map.

       NOTE:  When  this option	is specified by	a rootless user, the specified
       mappings	are relative to	the rootless usernamespace in  the  container,
       rather than being relative to the host as it would be when run rootful.

       --version, -v

       Print the version

Environment Variables
       Buildah can set up environment variables	from the env entry in the [en-
       gine]  table in the containers.conf(5). These variables can be overrid-
       den by passing environment variables before the buildah commands.

COMMANDS
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | Command    | Man Page		    | Description		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | add	    | buildah-add(1)	    | Add the contents	of  a  file, |
       |	    |			    | URL,  or	a  directory  to the |
       |	    |			    | container.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | build	    | buildah-build(1)	    | Builds an	OCI image using	 in- |
       |	    |			    | structions in one	or more	Con- |
       |	    |			    | tainerfiles.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | commit	    | buildah-commit(1)	    | Create an	image from a working |
       |	    |			    | container.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | config	    | buildah-config(1)	    | Update   image   configuration |
       |	    |			    | settings.			     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | containers | buildah-containers(1) | List  the	 working  containers |
       |	    |			    | and their	base images.	     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | copy	    | buildah-copy(1)	    | Copies the contents of a file, |
       |	    |			    | URL,  or directory into a	con- |
       |	    |			    | tainer's working directory.    |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | from	    | buildah-from(1)	    | Creates  a  new  working	con- |
       |	    |			    | tainer, either from scratch or |
       |	    |			    | using  a	specified image	as a |
       |	    |			    | starting point.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | images	    | buildah-images(1)	    | List images in local storage.  |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | info	    | buildah-info(1)	    | Display Buildah system  infor- |
       |	    |			    | mation.			     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | inspect    | buildah-inspect(1)    | Inspects	the configuration of |
       |	    |			    | a	container or image	     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | login	    | buildah-login(1)	    | Login to a container registry. |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | logout	    | buildah-logout(1)	    | Logout of	a container registry |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | manifest   | buildah-manifest(1)   | Create and manipulate manifest |
       |	    |			    | lists and	image indexes.	     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | mkcw	    | buildah-mkcw(1)	    | Convert  a  conventional	con- |
       |	    |			    | tainer  image into a confiden- |
       |	    |			    | tial workload image.	     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | mount	    | buildah-mount(1)	    | Mount the	working	 container's |
       |	    |			    | root filesystem.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | prune	    | buildah-prune(1)	    | Cleanup intermediate images as |
       |	    |			    | well as build and	mount cache. |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | pull	    | buildah-pull(1)	    | Pull  an image from the speci- |
       |	    |			    | fied location.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | push	    | buildah-push(1)	    | Push an image from local stor- |
       |	    |			    | age to elsewhere.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | rename	    | buildah-rename(1)	    | Rename a local container.	     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | rm	    | buildah-rm(1)	    | Removes one  or  more  working |
       |	    |			    | containers.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | rmi	    | buildah-rmi(1)	    | Removes one or more images.    |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | run	    | buildah-run(1)	    | Run  a  command  inside of the |
       |	    |			    | container.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | source	    | buildah-source(1)	    | Create, push, pull and  manage |
       |	    |			    | source  images  and associated |
       |	    |			    | source artifacts.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | tag	    | buildah-tag(1)	    | Add an additional	 name  to  a |
       |	    |			    | local image.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | umount	    | buildah-umount(1)	    | Unmount  a working container's |
       |	    |			    | root file	system.		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | unshare    | buildah-unshare(1)    | Launch a	command	 in  a	user |
       |	    |			    | namespace	  with	modified  ID |
       |	    |			    | mappings.			     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+
       | version    | buildah-version(1)    | Display  the  Buildah  Version |
       |	    |			    | Information		     |
       +------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------+

Files
       storage.conf (/etc/containers/storage.conf)

       storage.conf is the storage configuration file for all tools using con-
       tainers/storage

       The storage configuration file specifies	all of the available container
       storage options for tools using shared container	storage.

       mounts.conf (/usr/share/containers/mounts.conf and optionally /etc/con-
       tainers/mounts.conf)

       The  mounts.conf	 files	specify	volume mount files or directories that
       are automatically mounted inside	containers when	executing the  buildah
       run  or	buildah	build commands.	 Container processes can then use this
       content.	 The volume mount content does not get committed to the	 final
       image.

       Usually	these  directories are used for	passing	secrets	or credentials
       required	by the package software	to access remote package repositories.

       For  example,  a	 mounts.conf  with   the   line	  "/usr/share/rhel/se-
       crets:/run/secrets",  the  content of /usr/share/rhel/secrets directory
       is mounted on /run/secrets inside the container.	 This  mountpoint  al-
       lows  Red  Hat  Enterprise Linux	subscriptions from the host to be used
       within the container.  It is also possible to omit the  destination  if
       it's  equal  to	the source path.  For example, specifying /var/lib/se-
       crets will mount	the directory into the same container destination path
       /var/lib/secrets.

       Note this is not	a volume mount.	The content of the volumes  is	copied
       into container storage, not bind	mounted	directly from the host.

       registries.conf (/etc/containers/registries.conf)

       registries.conf	is  the	 configuration file which specifies which con-
       tainer registries should	be consulted when completing image names which
       do not include a	registry or domain portion.

       registries.d (/etc/containers/registries.d)

       Directory which contains	 configuration	snippets  which	 specify  reg-
       istries	which should be	consulted when completing image	names which do
       not include a registry or domain	portion.

SEE ALSO
       containers.conf(5),	containers-mounts.conf(5),	 newuidmap(1),
       newgidmap(1), containers-registries.conf(5), containers-storage.conf(5)

HISTORY
       December	 2017,	Originally compiled by Tom Sweeney tsweeney@redhat.com
       <mailto:tsweeney@redhat.com>

buildah				  March	2017			    buildah(1)

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