podman-service(1)

NAME

podman-system-service - Run an API service

SYNOPSIS

podman system service [options]

DESCRIPTION

The podman system service command creates a listening service that will answer API calls for Podman. You may optionally provide an endpoint for the API in URI form. For example, unix://tmp/foobar.sock or tcp:localhost:8080. If no endpoint is provided, defaults will be used. The default endpoint for a rootfull service is unix:/run/podman/podman.sock and rootless is unix:/$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/podman.sock (for example unix:/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock)

OPTIONS

--timeout, -t

The time until the session expires in milliseconds. The default is 1 second. A value of 0 means no timeout and the session will not expire.

--varlink

Use the varlink protocol instead of the REST-based protocol. This option will be deprecated in the future.

--help, -h

Print usage statement.

EXAMPLES

Run an API listening for 5 seconds using the default socket.

    podman service --timeout 5000

Run the podman varlink service with an alternate URI and accept the default timeout.

    $ podman service --varlink unix:/tmp/io.podman

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-varlink(1)

HISTORY

January 2020, Originally compiled by Brent Baudebbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩