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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.

       --imagestore path

       Path under which	content	for pulled and built images  will  be  stored.
       By default, the configured --root location is used for pulled and built
       images  as  well	as containers.	If the storage driver is overlay, then
       any images which	have previously	been written to	 the  --root  location
       will still be available.

       This will override the imagestore option	in containers-storage.conf(5).

       --log-level level

       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 path

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

       --runroot path

       Storage	state  dir  (default:  "/run/containers/storage"  for  UID  0,
       "/run/user/$UID"	for other users).  The 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.

       --transient-store bool-value

       Store  metadata	about  containers  under  the  storage state directory
       (--runroot), with the intention that records about them will be removed
       when the	system is rebooted.  Additional	garbage	collection must	 still
       be  performed  at  boot-time,  so this option should remain disabled in
       most configurations. (default: false)

       --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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