podman-generate(1) General Commands Manual podman-generate(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-generate - Generate structured data based on containers, pods or volumes

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman generate** *subcommand*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The generate command creates structured output (like YAML) based on a container, pod or volume.

# [COMMANDS](#COMMANDS)

**Command** **Man Page** **Description** kube [podman-kube-generate(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-kube-generate.1) Generate Kubernetes YAML based on containers, pods or volumes. spec [podman-generate-spec(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-generate-spec.1) Generate Specgen JSON based on containers or pods. systemd [podman-generate-systemd(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-generate-systemd.1) \[DEPRECATED] Generate systemd unit file(s) for a container or pod.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman.1), [**podman-pod(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-pod.1), [**podman-container(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-5.8/podman-container.1)

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Document: podman-generate(1) from podman-doc-5.8 5.8.9-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman