% podman-network 1
podman-network - Manage Podman networks
podman network subcommand
The network command manages networks for Podman.
Podman supports two network backends Netavark
and CNI. Netavark is the default network backend and was added in Podman v4.0. CNI will be
deprecated in the future in preference of Netavark. To configure
the network backend use the network_backendkey under the [Network] in
containers.conf(5).
New systems should use netavark by default, to check what backed is used run
podman info --format {{.Host.NetworkBackend}}.
All network commands work for both backends but CNI and Netavark use different config files so networks have to be created again after a backend change.
| Command | Man Page | Description |
|---|---|---|
| connect | podman-network-connect(1) | Connect a container to a network |
| create | podman-network-create(1) | Create a Podman network |
| disconnect | podman-network-disconnect(1) | Disconnect a container from a network |
| exists | podman-network-exists(1) | Check if the given network exists |
| inspect | podman-network-inspect(1) | Displays the network configuration for one or more networks |
| ls | podman-network-ls(1) | Display a summary of networks |
| prune | podman-network-prune(1) | Remove all unused networks |
| reload | podman-network-reload(1) | Reload network configuration for containers |
| rm | podman-network-rm(1) | Remove one or more networks |
| update | podman-network-upate(1) | Update an existing Podman network |