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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
contact:
email: podman@lists.podman.io
name: Podman
url: https://podman.io/community/
description: This documentation describes the Podman v2.x+ RESTful API.
license:
name: Apache-2.0
url: https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
termsOfService: https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/913caaa9b1de2b63692c9bae15120208194c9eb3/LICENSE
title: supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library System API
version: 5.0.0
x-logo:
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/main/logo/podman-logo.png
- altText: Podman logo
servers:
- url: http://podman.io/
- url: https://podman.io/
tags:
- description: Actions related to Podman engine
name: System
paths:
/libpod/_ping:
get:
description: 'Return protocol information in response headers.
`HEAD /libpod/_ping` is also supported.
`/_ping` is available for compatibility with other engines.
The ''_ping'' endpoints are not versioned.'
operationId: SystemPing
responses:
'200':
description: Success
headers:
API-Version:
description: Max compatibility API Version the server supports
schema:
type: string
BuildKit-Version:
description: Default version of docker image builder
schema:
type: string
Cache-Control:
description: always no-cache
schema:
type: string
Docker-Experimental:
description: If the server is running with experimental mode enabled, always true
schema:
type: boolean
Libpod-API-Version:
description: 'Max Podman API Version the server supports.
Available if service is backed by Podman, therefore may be used to
determine if talking to Podman engine or another engine
'
schema:
type: string
Libpod-Buildah-Version:
description: "Default version of libpod image builder.\n Available if service is backed by Podman, therefore may be used to\n determine if talking to Podman engine or another engine\n"
schema:
type: string
Pragma:
description: always no-cache
schema:
type: string
content:
text/plain:
schema:
description: OK
example: OK
type: string
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Ping service
tags:
- System
/libpod/events:
get:
description: Returns events filtered on query parameters
operationId: SystemEventsLibpod
parameters:
- description: start streaming events from this time
in: query
name: since
schema:
type: string
- description: stop streaming events later than this
in: query
name: until
schema:
type: string
- description: JSON encoded map[string][]string of constraints
in: query
name: filters
schema:
type: string
- description: when false, do not follow events
in: query
name: stream
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
responses:
'200':
description: returns a string of json data describing an event
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Get events
tags:
- System
/libpod/info:
get:
description: Returns information on the system and libpod configuration
operationId: SystemInfoLibpod
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/infoResponse'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Get info
tags:
- System
/libpod/system/check:
post:
operationId: SystemCheckLibpod
parameters:
- description: Skip time-consuming checks
in: query
name: quick
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Remove inconsistent images
in: query
name: repair
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Remove inconsistent containers and images
in: query
name: repair_lossy
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Maximum allowed age of unreferenced layers
in: query
name: unreferenced_layer_max_age
schema:
type: string
default: 24h0m0s
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/systemCheckResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badParamError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Performs consistency checks on storage, optionally removing items which fail…
tags:
- System
/libpod/system/df:
get:
description: Return information about disk usage for containers, images, and volumes
operationId: SystemDataUsageLibpod
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/systemDiskUsage'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Show disk usage
tags:
- System
/libpod/system/prune:
post:
operationId: SystemPruneLibpod
parameters:
- description: Remove all unused data, not just dangling data
in: query
name: all
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Prune volumes
in: query
name: volumes
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Remove images used by external containers (e.g., build containers)
in: query
name: external
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Remove build cache
in: query
name: build
schema:
type: boolean
- description: "JSON encoded value of filters (a map[string][]string) to match data against before pruning.\nAvailable filters:\n - `until=<timestamp>` Prune data created before this timestamp. The `<timestamp>` can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. `10m`, `1h30m`) computed relative to the daemon machine's time.\n - `label` (`label=<key>`, `label=<key>=<value>`, `label!=<key>`, or `label!=<key>=<value>`) Prune data with (or without, in case `label!=...` is used) the specified labels.\n"
in: query
name: filters
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/systemPruneResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badParamError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Prune unused data
tags:
- System
/libpod/version:
get:
operationId: SystemVersionLibpod
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/versionResponse'
summary: Component Version information
tags:
- System
components:
responses:
infoResponse:
description: Info
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LibpodInfo'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LibpodInfo'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LibpodInfo'
badParamError:
description: Bad parameter in request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
internalError:
description: Internal server error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
versionResponse:
description: Version
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentVersion'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentVersion'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ComponentVersion'
systemPruneResponse:
description: System Prune results
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemPruneReport'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemPruneReport'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemPruneReport'
systemDiskUsage:
description: Disk usage
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemDfReport'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemDfReport'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemDfReport'
systemCheckResponse:
description: Check
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemCheckReport'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemCheckReport'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemCheckReport'
schemas:
NetworkInfo:
properties:
backend:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkBackend'
defaultNetwork:
type: string
x-go-name: DefaultNetwork
dns:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DNSNetworkInfo'
package:
type: string
x-go-name: Package
path:
type: string
x-go-name: Path
version:
type: string
x-go-name: Version
title: NetworkInfo contains the network information.
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/common/libnetwork/types
LibpodInfo:
description: 'Info is the overall struct that describes the host system
running libpod/podman'
properties:
host:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/HostInfo'
plugins:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Plugins'
registries:
additionalProperties: {}
type: object
x-go-name: Registries
store:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StoreInfo'
version:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Version'
type: object
x-go-name: Info
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
CPUUsage:
properties:
idlePercent:
format: double
type: number
x-go-name: IdlePercent
systemPercent:
format: double
type: number
x-go-name: SystemPercent
userPercent:
format: double
type: number
x-go-name: UserPercent
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
StoreInfo:
description: 'StoreInfo describes the container storage and its
attributes'
properties:
containerStore:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ContainerStore'
graphDriverName:
type: string
x-go-name: GraphDriverName
graphOptions:
additionalProperties: {}
type: object
x-go-name: GraphOptions
graphRoot:
type: string
x-go-name: GraphRoot
graphRootAllocated:
description: GraphRootAllocated is how much space the graphroot has in bytes
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: GraphRootAllocated
graphRootUsed:
description: GraphRootUsed is how much of graphroot is used in bytes
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: GraphRootUsed
graphStatus:
additionalProperties:
type: string
type: object
x-go-name: GraphStatus
imageCopyTmpDir:
type: string
x-go-name: ImageCopyTmpDir
imageStore:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageStore'
runRoot:
type: string
x-go-name: RunRoot
transientStore:
type: boolean
x-go-name: TransientStore
volumePath:
type: string
x-go-name: VolumePath
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
DNSNetworkInfo:
properties:
package:
type: string
x-go-name: Package
path:
type: string
x-go-name: Path
version:
type: string
x-go-name: Version
title: DNSNetworkInfo contains the DNS information.
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/common/libnetwork/types
ConmonInfo:
description: ConmonInfo describes the conmon executable being used
properties:
package:
type: string
x-go-name: Package
path:
type: string
x-go-name: Path
version:
type: string
x-go-name: Version
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
NetworkBackend:
type: string
x-go-package: go.podman.io/common/libnetwork/types
ImageStore:
description: 'ImageStore describes the image store. Right now only the number
of images present'
properties:
number:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Number
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
DistributionInfo:
description: DistributionInfo describes the host distribution for libpod
properties:
codename:
type: string
x-go-name: Codename
distribution:
type: string
x-go-name: Distribution
variant:
type: string
x-go-name: Variant
version:
type: string
x-go-name: Version
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
OCIRuntimeInfo:
description: 'OCIRuntimeInfo describes the runtime (crun or runc) being
used with podman'
properties:
name:
type: string
x-go-name: Name
package:
type: string
x-go-name: Package
path:
type: string
x-go-name: Path
version:
type: string
x-go-name: Version
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
ComponentVersion:
description: ServiceOptions provides the input for starting an API and sidecar pprof services
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/domain/entities
Version:
description: Version is an output struct for API
properties:
APIVersion:
type: string
BuildOrigin:
type: string
Built:
format: int64
type: integer
BuiltTime:
type: string
GitCommit:
type: string
GoVersion:
type: string
Os:
type: string
OsArch:
type: string
Version:
type: string
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
IDMappings:
description: IDMappings describe the GID and UID mappings
properties:
gidmap:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IDMap'
type: array
x-go-name: GIDMap
uidmap:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IDMap'
type: array
x-go-name: UIDMap
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
Plugins:
properties:
authorization:
description: Authorization is provided for compatibility, will always be nil as Podman has no daemon
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: Authorization
log:
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: Log
network:
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: Network
volume:
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: Volume
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
SystemDfReport:
description: ServiceOptions provides the input for starting an API and sidecar pprof services
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/domain/entities
SecurityInfo:
description: SecurityInfo describes the libpod host
properties:
apparmorEnabled:
type: boolean
x-go-name: AppArmorEnabled
capabilities:
type: string
x-go-name: DefaultCapabilities
rootless:
type: boolean
x-go-name: Rootless
seccompEnabled:
type: boolean
x-go-name: SECCOMPEnabled
seccompProfilePath:
type: string
x-go-name: SECCOMPProfilePath
selinuxEnabled:
type: boolean
x-go-name: SELinuxEnabled
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
ErrorModel:
description: ErrorModel is used in remote connections with podman
properties:
cause:
description: API root cause formatted for automated parsing
example: API root cause
type: string
x-go-name: Because
message:
description: human error message, formatted for a human to read
example: human error message
type: string
x-go-name: Message
response:
description: HTTP response code
format: int64
minimum: 400
type: integer
x-go-name: ResponseCode
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/errorhandling
IDMap:
description: 'IDMap contains a single entry for user namespace range remapping. An array
of IDMap entries represents the structure that will be provided to the Linux
kernel for creating a user namespace.'
properties:
container_id:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: ContainerID
host_id:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: HostID
size:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Size
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/storage/pkg/idtools
SystemPruneReport:
description: ServiceOptions provides the input for starting an API and sidecar pprof services
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/domain/entities
PastaInfo:
description: PastaInfo describes the pasta executable that is being used
properties:
executable:
type: string
x-go-name: Executable
package:
type: string
x-go-name: Package
version:
type: string
x-go-name: Version
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
HostInfo:
description: HostInfo describes the libpod host
properties:
arch:
type: string
x-go-name: Arch
buildahVersion:
type: string
x-go-name: BuildahVersion
cgroupControllers:
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: CgroupControllers
cgroupManager:
type: string
x-go-name: CgroupManager
cgroupVersion:
type: string
x-go-name: CgroupsVersion
conmon:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ConmonInfo'
cpuUtilization:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CPUUsage'
cpus:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: CPUs
databaseBackend:
type: string
x-go-name: DatabaseBackend
distribution:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DistributionInfo'
emulatedArchitectures:
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: EmulatedArchitectures
eventLogger:
type: string
x-go-name: EventLogger
freeLocks:
format: uint32
type: integer
x-go-name: FreeLocks
hostname:
type: string
x-go-name: Hostname
idMappings:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IDMappings'
kernel:
type: string
x-go-name: Kernel
linkmode:
type: string
x-go-name: Linkmode
logDriver:
type: string
x-go-name: LogDriver
memFree:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: MemFree
memTotal:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: MemTotal
networkBackend:
type: string
x-go-name: NetworkBackend
networkBackendInfo:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkInfo'
ociRuntime:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OCIRuntimeInfo'
os:
type: string
x-go-name: OS
pasta:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PastaInfo'
remoteSocket:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RemoteSocket'
rootlessNetworkCmd:
description: RootlessNetworkCmd returns the default rootless network command (pasta)
type: string
x-go-name: RootlessNetworkCmd
runtimeInfo:
additionalProperties: {}
type: object
x-go-name: RuntimeInfo
security:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurityInfo'
serviceIsRemote:
description: ServiceIsRemote is true when the podman/libpod service is remote to the client
type: boolean
x-go-name: ServiceIsRemote
swapFree:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: SwapFree
swapTotal:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: SwapTotal
uptime:
type: string
x-go-name: Uptime
variant:
type: string
x-go-name: Variant
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
RemoteSocket:
description: RemoteSocket describes information about the API socket
properties:
exists:
type: boolean
x-go-name: Exists
path:
type: string
x-go-name: Path
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define
SystemCheckReport:
description: ServiceOptions provides the input for starting an API and sidecar pprof services
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/domain/entities
ContainerStore:
description: 'ContainerStore describes the quantity of containers in the
store by status'
properties:
number:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Number
paused:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Paused
running:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Running
stopped:
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Stopped
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define