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containers.podman.podman_export – Export a podman container

Note

This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.8.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install containers.podman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: containers.podman.podman_export.

Synopsis

  • podman export exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tarball on the local machine

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Podman installed on host

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
container
string / required
Container to export.
dest
string / required
Path to export container to.
executable
string
Default:
"podman"
Path to podman executable if it is not in the $PATH on the machine running podman
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Force saving to file even if it exists.

Examples

# What modules does for example
- containers.podman.podman_export:
    dest: /path/to/tar/file
    container: container-name

Authors

  • Sagi Shnaidman (@sshnaidm)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/containers/podman/podman_export_module.html