podman-artifact-pull(1) General Commands Manual podman-artifact-pull(1)
WARNING: Experimental command
This command is considered experimental and still in development. In-
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NAME
podman-artifact-pull - Pulls an artifact from a registry and stores it
locally
SYNOPSIS
podman artifact pull [options] source
DESCRIPTION
podman artifact pull copies an artifact from a registry onto the local
machine.
SOURCE
SOURCE is the location from which the artifact image is obtained.
# Pull from a registry
$ podman artifact pull quay.io/foobar/artifact:special
OPTIONS
--authfile=path
Path of the authentication file. Default is ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/contain-
ers/auth.json on Linux, and $HOME/.config/containers/auth.json on Win-
dows/macOS. The file is created by podman login. If the authorization
state is not found there, $HOME/.docker/config.json is checked, which is
set using docker login.
Note: There is also the option to override the default path of the au-
thentication file by setting the REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE environment vari-
able. This can be done with export REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE=path.
--cert-dir=path
Use certificates at path (*.crt, *.cert, *.key) to connect to the reg-
istry. (Default: /etc/containers/certs.d) For details, see containers-
certs.d(5). (This option is not available with the remote Podman
client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines)
--creds=[username[:password]]
The [username[:password]] to use to authenticate with the registry, if
required. If one or both values are not supplied, a command line prompt
appears and the value can be entered. The password is entered without
echo.
Note that the specified credentials are only used to authenticate
against target registries. They are not used for mirrors or when the
registry gets rewritten (see containers-registries.conf(5)); to authen-
ticate against those consider using a containers-auth.json(5) file.
--decryption-key=key[:passphrase]
The [key[:passphrase]] to be used for decryption of images. Key can
point to keys and/or certificates. Decryption is tried with all keys. If
the key is protected by a passphrase, it is required to be passed in the
argument and omitted otherwise.
--help, -h
Print the usage statement.
--quiet, -q
Suppress output information when pulling images
--retry=attempts
Number of times to retry pulling or pushing images between the registry
and local storage in case of failure. Default is 3.
--retry-delay=duration
Duration of delay between retry attempts when pulling or pushing images
between the registry and local storage in case of failure. The default
is to start at two seconds and then exponentially back off. The delay is
used when this value is set, and no exponential back off occurs.
--tls-verify
Require HTTPS and verify certificates when contacting registries (de-
fault: true). If explicitly set to true, TLS verification is used. If
set to false, TLS verification is not used. If not specified, TLS veri-
fication is used unless the target registry is listed as an insecure
registry in containers-registries.conf(5)
FILES
EXAMPLES
Pull an artifact from a registry
podman artifact pull quay.io/baude/artifact:josey
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob e741c35a27bb done |
Copying config 44136fa355 done |
Writing manifest to image destination
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-artifact(1), podman-login(1), containers-certs.d(5)
Troubleshooting
See podman-troubleshooting(7) for solutions to common issues.
HISTORY
Jan 2025, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com
⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩
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