containers.podman.podman_export – Export a podman container

Note

This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.10.1).

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)