containers-storage-add-names(1)

containers-storage-add-names1

Add names to a layer/image/container

Usage

containers-storage add-names [options []] layerOrImageOrContainerNameOrID

Overview

In addition to IDs, layers, images, and containers can have human-readable names assigned to them in containers-storage. The add-names command can be used to add one or more names to them.

Options

-n | --name name

Specifies a name to add to the layer, image, or container. If a specified name is already used by another layer, image, or container, it is removed from that other layer, image, or container.

Examples

containers-storage add-names \
 -n my-awesome-container \
 -n my-for-realsies-awesome-container \
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Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From containers-common 1:0.69.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.