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NAME
       podman-container-runlabel  -  Execute  a	command	as described by	a con-
       tainer-image label

SYNOPSIS
       podman container	runlabel [options] label image [arg...]

DESCRIPTION
       podman container	runlabel reads the specified label of  the  image  and
       executes	 it as command on the host.  If	the label does not exist, Pod-
       man exits with an error.	 Additional arguments are appended to the com-
       mand.

       Historically, container images describe the contents (e.g., layers) and
       how a container runtime (e.g., crun(1) or runc(1))  executes  the  con-
       tainer.	For instance, an image may set the environment and the command
       in its configuration.  However, a container image cannot	directly spec-
       ify  how	 a container engine such as Podman executes it.	 For instance,
       an image	configuration does not include information about log  drivers,
       namespaces, or which capabilities it needs to run correctly.

       podman  container runlabel addresses the	limitation of container	images
       in a simple yet efficient way.  Podman reads the	contents of the	 label
       and  interpret  it as a command that is executed	on the host.  This way
       an image	can describe exactly how it is executed	by  Podman.   For  in-
       stance,	a  label  with	the  content /usr/bin/podman run -d --pid=host
       --privileged \${IMAGE} instructs	the image to  be  executed  in	a  de-
       tached,	privileged  container  that  is	using the PID namespace	of the
       host.  This lifts the self-description of a container image from	"what"
       to "how".

       Note that the runlabel command is intended to be	run in	trusted	 envi-
       ronments	 exclusively.	Using  the  command on untrusted images	is not
       recommended.

VARIABLES
       The contents of a label may refer to the	following variables  which  is
       substituted while processing the	label.

       IMAGE  The name of the image.  When executing podman container runlabel
       label fedora the	IMAGE variable is replaced with	fedora.	 Valid formats
       are IMAGE, $IMAGE, ${IMAGE} and =IMAGE.

       NAME As specified by the	--name option.	The format is identical	to the
       one of the IMAGE	attribute.

       PWD Will	be replaced with the current working directory.

OPTIONS
   --authfile=path
       Path of the authentication file.	Default	is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/contain-
       ers/auth.json on	Linux, and $HOME/.config/containers/auth.json on  Win-
       dows/macOS.   The file is created by podman login. If the authorization
       state is	not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is  checked,	 which
       is set using docker login.

       Note:  There is also the	option to override the default path of the au-
       thentication file by setting the	REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE  environment	 vari-
       able. This can be done with export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path.

   --cert-dir=path
       Use  certificates at path (*.crt, *.cert, *.key)	to connect to the reg-
       istry. (Default:	/etc/containers/certs.d) For details, see  containers-
       certs.d(5).   (This  option  is	not  available	with the remote	Podman
       client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)

   --creds=[username[:password]]
       The [username[:password]] to use	to authenticate	with the registry,  if
       required.   If  one  or	both  values  are not supplied,	a command line
       prompt appears and the value can	be entered. The	 password  is  entered
       without echo.

       Note  that  the	specified  credentials	are  only used to authenticate
       against target registries.  They	are not	used for mirrors or  when  the
       registry	gets rewritten (see containers-registries.conf(5)); to authen-
       ticate against those consider using a containers-auth.json(5) file.

   --display
       Display the label's value of the	image having populated its environment
       variables.  The runlabel	command	is not executed	if --display is	speci-
       fied.

   --help, -h
       Print usage statement

   --name, -n=name
       Use  this  name	for creating content for the container.	 If not	speci-
       fied, name defaults to the name of the image.

   --quiet, -q
       Suppress	output information when	pulling	images

   --replace
       If a container exists with the current name, it is stopped, deleted and
       a new container is created from this image.

   --tls-verify
       Require HTTPS and verify	certificates when contacting  registries  (de-
       fault: true).  If explicitly set	to true, TLS verification is used.  If
       set to false, TLS verification is not used.  If not specified, TLS ver-
       ification  is  used unless the target registry is listed	as an insecure
       registry	in containers-registries.conf(5)

EXAMPLES
       Execute the run label of	an image called	foobar.

       $ podman	container runlabel run foobar

       Execute the install label of an image called foobar with	additional ar-
       guments.

       $ podman	container runlabel install foobar apples oranges

       Display the contents of the run label of	image foobar.

       $ podman	container runlabel --display run foobar

SEE ALSO
       podman(1),   crun(1),   runc(8),	  containers-certs.d(5),   containers-
       auth.json(5), containers-registries.conf(5)

HISTORY
       August  2021,  Refinements by Valentin Rothberg (rothberg at redhat dot
       com)

       September 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude  (bbaude  at	redhat
       dot com)

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