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% podman-system-connection-list 1

NAME

podman-system-connection-list - List the destination for the Podman service(s)

SYNOPSIS

podman system connection list [options]

podman system connection ls [options]

DESCRIPTION

List ssh destination(s) for podman service(s).

OPTIONS

--format, -f=format

Change the default output format. This can be of a supported type like 'json' or a Go template. Valid placeholders for the Go template listed below:

Placeholder Description
.Default Indicates whether connection is the default
.Identity Path to file containing SSH identity
.Name Connection Name/Identifier
.ReadWrite Indicates if this connection can be modified using the system connection commands
.URI URI to podman service. Valid schemes are ssh://[user@]host[:port]Unix domain socket[?secure=True], unix://Unix domain socket, and tcp://localhost[:port]

--quiet, -q

Only show connection names

EXAMPLE

List system connections:

$ podman system connection list
Name URI                                                      Identity	    Default  ReadWrite
deva ssh://root@example.com:/run/podman/podman.sock           ~/.ssh/id_rsa true     true
devb ssh://user@example.com:/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock ~/.ssh/id_rsa false    true

Show connections in JSON format:

$ podman system connection list --format json
[
    {
        "Name": "podman-machine-default",
        "URI": "ssh://core@127.0.0.1:53298/run/user/501/podman/podman.sock",
        "Identity": "/Users/ragm/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine",
        "IsMachine": true,
        "Default": true,
        "ReadWrite": true
    },
    {
        "Name": "podman-machine-default-root",
        "URI": "ssh://root@127.0.0.1:53298/run/podman/podman.sock",
        "Identity": "/Users/ragm/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine",
        "IsMachine": true,
        "Default": false,
        "ReadWrite": true
    }
]

Show connection names and URIs:

$ podman system connection list --format "{{.Name}}\t{{.URI}}"
podman-machine-default	ssh://core@127.0.0.1:53298/run/user/501/podman/podman.sock
podman-machine-default-root	ssh://root@127.0.0.1:53298/run/podman/podman.sock

Show all connection details in a comprehensive format:

$ podman system connection list --format "Name: {{.Name}}\nURI: {{.URI}}\nIdentity: {{.Identity}}\nDefault: {{.Default}}\nReadWrite: {{.ReadWrite}}\n---"
Name: podman-machine-default
URI: ssh://core@127.0.0.1:53298/run/user/501/podman/podman.sock
Identity: /Users/ragm/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine
Default: true
ReadWrite: true
---
Name: podman-machine-default-root
URI: ssh://root@127.0.0.1:53298/run/podman/podman.sock
Identity: /Users/ragm/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/machine
Default: false
ReadWrite: true
---

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-system(1), podman-system-connection(1)

HISTORY

July 2020, Originally compiled by Jhon Honce (jhonce at redhat dot com)