= Podman Volumes =

'''Volumes''' are file objects that `podman(1)` creates for a container. While they are written to the host file system, users should only interface with them as a volume name. 

Compare to [[Podman/BindMounts|Bind Mounts]].

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== Creating Volumes ==

To create a new volume, try:

{{{
podman volume create my-vol
}}}

A container can be created with an existing volume mounted into it.

{{{
podman run --interactive --tty --rm --name my-alpine \
  --mount src=my-vol,dst=/app \
  alpine:latest
}}}

A container can also be created with a new volume.

{{{
podman run --detach --name=my-nginx \
  --mount src=nginx-vol,dst=/usr/share/nginx/html \
  nginx:latest
}}}

The volume is implicitly created and the contents of the destination directory are written into the newly-initialized volume.

These volumes are generally written to `~/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes`.

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== Destroying Volumes ==

After a container is stopped and destroyed, any volumes used will persist. This may or may not be desirable.

To list all volumes, try:

{{{
podman volume ls
}}}

To delete a volume, try:

{{{
podman volume rm my-vol
}}}



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