Podman : Create Pods

	Create Pods like Kubernetes.
[1]	Create a Pod and add a Container to it.

# create an empty pod # -p [bind port] -n [pod name] root@dlp:~#  podman pod create -p 8081:80 -n test-pod 339ef7e82ff66dc8a4427eb4ac7337f3473bb06ae3c61827693ab8dec9499e61 # show pods root@dlp:~#  podman pod ls POD ID NAME STATUS CREATED INFRA ID # OF CONTAINERS 339ef7e82ff6 test-pod Created 10 seconds ago c99dbf2f26e3 1 # show details of pod root@dlp:~#  podman pod inspect test-pod [ { "Id": "339ef7e82ff66dc8a4427eb4ac7337f3473bb06ae3c61827693ab8dec9499e61", "Name": "test-pod", "Created": "2025-08-22T10:13:27.612113034+09:00", "CreateCommand": [ "podman", "pod", "create", "-p", "8081:80", "-n", "test-pod" ], "ExitPolicy": "continue", "State": "Created", "Hostname": "", "CreateCgroup": true, "CgroupParent": "machine.slice", "CgroupPath": "machine.slice/machine-libpod_pod_339ef7e82ff66dc8a4427eb4ac7337f3473bb06ae3c61827693ab8dec9499e61.slice", "CreateInfra": true, "InfraContainerID": "c99dbf2f26e3387d97bbc5907ce1e217b7888cceadf3f0e89a6ffdaac1a90ea1", "InfraConfig": { "PortBindings": { "80/tcp": [ { "HostIp": "0.0.0.0", "HostPort": "8081" } ] }, "HostNetwork": false, "StaticIP": "", "StaticMAC": "", "NoManageResolvConf": false, "DNSServer": null, "DNSSearch": null, "DNSOption": null, "NoManageHostname": false, "NoManageHosts": false, "HostAdd": null, "HostsFile": "", "Networks": [ "podman" ], "NetworkOptions": null, "pid_ns": "private", "userns": "host", "uts_ns": "private" }, "SharedNamespaces": [ "ipc", "net", "uts" ], "NumContainers": 1, "Containers": [ { "Id": "c99dbf2f26e3387d97bbc5907ce1e217b7888cceadf3f0e89a6ffdaac1a90ea1", "Name": "339ef7e82ff6-infra", "State": "created" } ], "LockNumber": 16 } ] root@dlp:~#  podman images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE localhost/podman-pause 5.4.2-1753478586 ddf2e42fec3b About a minute ago 737 kB docker.io/library/root-web latest 3cc41f7733a0 7 minutes ago 157 MB srv.world/iproute latest 77debccd9811 18 minutes ago 156 MB srv.world/debian-nginx latest 33b7b5b10b13 47 minutes ago 157 MB srv.world/debian-apache2 latest a0aca892bf29 55 minutes ago 234 MB docker.io/library/debian latest 047bd8d81940 11 days ago 124 MB docker.io/library/mariadb latest 300929c28ab7 13 days ago 336 MB docker.io/moby/buildkit buildx-stable-1 44f5d48d5c6c 7 weeks ago 219 MB # run container and add it to pod root@dlp:~#  podman run -dt --pod test-pod srv.world/debian-nginx b8d5bde3886364407143685ef9fef3011e06d49f69a42ed1c1565e031406598d root@dlp:~#  podman ps ONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES c99dbf2f26e3 localhost/podman-pause:5.4.2-1753478586 About a minute ago Up 12 seconds 0.0.0.0:8081->80/tcp 339ef7e82ff6-infra b8d5bde38863 srv.world/debian-nginx:latest /usr/sbin/nginx -... 11 seconds ago Up 12 seconds 0.0.0.0:8081->80/tcp objective_ishizaka # verify accesses root@dlp:~#  curl localhost:8081 Podman Test on Nginx # stop pod root@dlp:~#  podman pod stop test-pod test-pod # remove pod (removed containers all) root@dlp:~#  podman pod rm test-pod --force 339ef7e82ff66dc8a4427eb4ac7337f3473bb06ae3c61827693ab8dec9499e61

[2]	It's possible to create Pod and add Container with one command.

root@dlp:~#  podman images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE localhost/podman-pause 5.4.2-1753478586 ddf2e42fec3b 2 minutes ago 737 kB docker.io/library/root-web latest 3cc41f7733a0 9 minutes ago 157 MB srv.world/iproute latest 77debccd9811 20 minutes ago 156 MB srv.world/debian-nginx latest 33b7b5b10b13 48 minutes ago 157 MB srv.world/debian-apache2 latest a0aca892bf29 56 minutes ago 234 MB docker.io/library/debian latest 047bd8d81940 11 days ago 124 MB docker.io/library/mariadb latest 300929c28ab7 13 days ago 336 MB docker.io/moby/buildkit buildx-stable-1 44f5d48d5c6c 7 weeks ago 219 MB # create a [test_pod2] pod and add [srv.world/debian-nginx] container root@dlp:~#  podman run -dt --pod new:test-pod2 -p 80:80 -p 3306:3306 srv.world/debian-nginx ffdc94707416181a5ce8db476658a6da52c33cc5be09b09520ad82382067907a root@dlp:~#  podman pod ls POD ID NAME STATUS CREATED INFRA ID # OF CONTAINERS f9b4ae4b9c78 test-pod2 Running 10 seconds ago 3035811033d7 2 root@dlp:~#  podman ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 3035811033d7 localhost/podman-pause:5.4.2-1753478586 23 seconds ago Up 23 seconds 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp f9b4ae4b9c78-infra ffdc94707416 srv.world/debian-nginx:latest /usr/sbin/nginx -... 23 seconds ago Up 23 seconds 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp admiring_jemison # run [mariadb] container and add it to the [test-pod2] root@dlp:~#  podman run -dt --pod test-pod2 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=Password docker.io/library/mariadb 3692d6437e5e951bd7f2f48abfc73f381d56e17aad4043b2409cdaf19c4221d1 root@dlp:~#  podman ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 3035811033d7 localhost/podman-pause:5.4.2-1753478586 About a minute ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp f9b4ae4b9c78-infra ffdc94707416 srv.world/debian-nginx:latest /usr/sbin/nginx -... About a minute ago Up About a minute 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp admiring_jemison 3692d6437e5e docker.io/library/mariadb:latest mariadbd 8 seconds ago Up 9 seconds 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3306->3306/tcp modest_cohen root@dlp:~#  curl dlp.srv.world Dockerfile Test on Nginx root@dlp:~#  mysql -u root -p -h dlp.srv.world -e "show variables like 'hostname';" Enter password: +---------------+-----------+ | Variable_name | Value | +---------------+-----------+ | hostname | test-pod2 | +---------------+-----------+