podman-system(1)

podman-system1

Manage podman

Usage

podman system subcommand

Overview

The system command allows management of the podman systems

Commands

CommandMan PageDescription
checkpodman-system-check(1)Perform consistency checks on image and container storage.
connectionpodman-system-connection(1)Manage the destination(s) for Podman service(s)
hyperv-preppodman-system-hyperv-prep(1)A Windows administrator command to prepare a host that is going to run Hyper-V based Podman machines
dfpodman-system-df(1)Show podman disk usage.
eventspodman-events(1)Monitor Podman events
infopodman-info(1)Display Podman related system information.
migratepodman-system-migrate(1)Migrate existing containers to a new podman version.
prunepodman-system-prune(1)Remove all unused pods, containers, images, networks, and volume data.
renumberpodman-system-renumber(1)Migrate lock numbers to handle a change in maximum number of locks.
resetpodman-system-reset(1)Reset storage back to initial state.
servicepodman-system-service(1)Run an API service

Releases

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

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

From podman 6.1.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.