NAME

buildah-containers - List the working containers and their base images.
 

SYNOPSIS

buildah containers [options]
 

DESCRIPTION

Lists containers which appear to be Buildah working containers, their names and IDs, and the names and IDs of the images from which they were initialized.
 

OPTIONS

--all, -a
 
List information about all containers, including those which were not created by and are not being used by Buildah. Containers created by Buildah are denoted with an '*' in the 'BUILDER' column.
 
--filter, -f
 
Filter output based on conditions provided.
 
Valid filters are listed below:
 
Filter Description
id [ID] Container's ID
name [Name] Container's name
ancestor [ImageName] Image or descendant used to create container
 
--format
 
Pretty-print containers using a Go template.
 
Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
 
Placeholder Description
.ContainerID Container ID
.Builder Whether container was created by buildah
.ImageID Image ID
.ImageName Image name
.ContainerName Container name
 
--json
 
Output in JSON format.
 
--noheading, -n
 
Omit the table headings from the listing of containers.
 
--notruncate
 
Do not truncate IDs and image names in the output.
 
--quiet, -q
 
Displays only the container IDs.
 

EXAMPLE

buildah containers
 
 
CONTAINER ID  BUILDER  IMAGE ID     IMAGE NAME                       CONTAINER NAME
ccf84de04b80     *     53ce4390f2ad registry.access.redhat.com/ub... ubi8-working-container
45be1d806fc5     *     16ea53ea7c65 docker.io/library/busybox:latest busybox-working-container
 
buildah containers --quiet
 
 
ccf84de04b80c309ce6586997c79a769033dc4129db903c1882bc24a058438b8
45be1d806fc533fcfc2beee77e424d87e5990d3ce9214d6b374677d6630bba07
 
buildah containers -q --noheading --notruncate
 
 
ccf84de04b80c309ce6586997c79a769033dc4129db903c1882bc24a058438b8
45be1d806fc533fcfc2beee77e424d87e5990d3ce9214d6b374677d6630bba07
 
buildah containers --json
 
 
[
    {
        "id": "ccf84de04b80c309ce6586997c79a769033dc4129db903c1882bc24a058438b8",
        "builder": true,
        "imageid": "53ce4390f2adb1681eb1a90ec8b48c49c015e0a8d336c197637e7f65e365fa9e",
        "imagename": "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8:latest",
        "containername": "ubi8-working-container"
    },
    {
        "id": "45be1d806fc533fcfc2beee77e424d87e5990d3ce9214d6b374677d6630bba07",
        "builder": true,
        "imageid": "16ea53ea7c652456803632d67517b78a4f9075a10bfdc4fc6b7b4cbf2bc98497",
        "imagename": "docker.io/library/busybox:latest",
        "containername": "busybox-working-container"
    }
]
 
buildah containers --format "{{.ContainerID}} {{.ContainerName}}"
 
 
ccf84de04b80c309ce6586997c79a769033dc4129db903c1882bc24a058438b8   ubi8-working-container
45be1d806fc533fcfc2beee77e424d87e5990d3ce9214d6b374677d6630bba07   busybox-working-container
 
buildah containers --format "Container ID: {{.ContainerID}}"
 
 
Container   ID:   ccf84de04b80c309ce6586997c79a769033dc4129db903c1882bc24a058438b8
Container   ID:   45be1d806fc533fcfc2beee77e424d87e5990d3ce9214d6b374677d6630bba07
 
buildah containers --filter ancestor=ubuntu
 
 
CONTAINER ID  BUILDER  IMAGE ID     IMAGE NAME                       CONTAINER NAME
fbfd3505376e     *     0ff04b2e7b63 docker.io/library/ubuntu:latest  ubuntu-working-container
 

SEE ALSO

buildah(1)

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