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A tool that facilitates building OCI images

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A tool that facilitates building OCI images

Usage:
  buildah [flags]
  buildah [command]

Image Commands:
  images      List images in local storage
  mkcw        Convert a conventional image to a confidential workload image
  pull        Pull an image from the specified location
  push        Push an image to a specified destination
  rmi         Remove one or more images from local storage
  tag         Add an additional name to a local image

Container Commands:
  add         Add content to a working container
  commit      Create an image from a working container
  config      Update image configuration settings in a working container
  containers  List working containers and their base images
  copy        Copy content into a working container
  from        Create a working container based on an image
  mount       Mount a working container's root filesystem
  rename      Rename a working container
  rm          Remove one or more working containers
  run         Run a command inside of a working container
  umount      Unmount the root file system of one or more working containers

Registry Commands:
  login       Login to a container registry
  logout      Logout of a container registry

System Commands:
  info        Display Buildah system information
  prune       Cleanup intermediate images as well as build and mount cache
  unshare     Run a command in a modified user namespace
  version     Display the Buildah version information

Additional Commands:
  build       Build an image using instructions in a Containerfile
  help        Help about any command
  inspect     Inspect the configuration of a container or image
  manifest    Manipulate manifest lists and image indexes
  source      Manage source containers

Flags:
      --cgroup-manager string                cgroup manager (default "cgroupfs")
  -h, --help                                 help for buildah
      --imagestore string                    storage imagestore
      --log-level string                     the log level to be used, one of "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "fatal", or "panic" (default "warn")
      --registries-conf string               path to registries.conf file (not usually used)
      --registries-conf-dir string           path to registries.conf.d directory (not usually used)
      --root string                          storage root dir (default "/tmp/.local/share/containers/storage")
      --runroot string                       storage state dir (default "/run/user/1100/containers")
      --short-name-alias-conf string         path to short name alias cache file (not usually used)
      --storage-driver string                storage-driver (default "overlay")
      --storage-opt strings                  storage driver option (default [overlay.mountopt=nodev])
      --transient-store                      store some information in transient storage
      --userns-gid-map ctrID:hostID:length   default ctrID:hostID:length GID mapping to use
      --userns-uid-map ctrID:hostID:length   default ctrID:hostID:length UID mapping to use
  -v, --version                              version for buildah

Use "buildah [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (15)
OptionDescriptionSource
--cgroup-manager stringcgroup manager (default "cgroupfs")help
-h, --helphelp for buildahhelp
--imagestore stringstorage imagestorehelp
--log-level stringthe log level to be used, one of "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "fatal", or "panic" (default "warn")help
--registries-conf stringpath to registries.conf file (not usually used)help
--registries-conf-dir stringpath to registries.conf.d directory (not usually used)help
--root stringstorage root dir (default "/tmp/.local/share/containers/storage")help
--runroot stringstorage state dir (default "/run/user/1100/containers")help
--short-name-alias-conf stringpath to short name alias cache file (not usually used)help
--storage-driver stringstorage-driver (default "overlay")help
--storage-opt stringsstorage driver option (default [overlay.mountopt=nodev])help
--transient-storestore some information in transient storagehelp
--userns-gid-map ctrID:hostID:lengthdefault ctrID:hostID:length GID mapping to usehelp
--userns-uid-map ctrID:hostID:lengthdefault ctrID:hostID:length UID mapping to usehelp
-v, --versionversion for buildahhelp

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