github.com/containers/podman/v2@v2.2.2-0.20210501105131-c1e07d070c4c/docs/source/markdown/podman-volume-create.1.md (about) 1 % podman-volume-create(1) 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-volume\-create - Create a new volume 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman volume create** [*options*] 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 11 Creates an empty volume and prepares it to be used by containers. The volume 12 can be created with a specific name, if a name is not given a random name is 13 generated. You can add metadata to the volume by using the **--label** flag and 14 driver options can be set using the **--opt** flag. 15 16 ## OPTIONS 17 18 #### **--driver**=*driver* 19 20 Specify the volume driver name (default local). 21 22 #### **--help** 23 24 Print usage statement 25 26 #### **--label**=*label*, **-l** 27 28 Set metadata for a volume (e.g., --label mykey=value). 29 30 #### **--opt**=*option*, **-o** 31 32 Set driver specific options. 33 For the default driver, `local`, this allows a volume to be configured to mount a filesystem on the host. 34 For the `local` driver the following options are supported: `type`, `device`, and `o`. 35 The `type` option sets the type of the filesystem to be mounted, and is equivalent to the `-t` flag to **mount(8)**. 36 The `device` option sets the device to be mounted, and is equivalent to the `device` argument to **mount(8)**. 37 The `o` option sets options for the mount, and is equivalent to the `-o` flag to **mount(8)** with two exceptions. 38 The `o` option supports `uid` and `gid` options to set the UID and GID of the created volume that are not normally supported by **mount(8)**. 39 Using volume options with the `local` driver requires root privileges. 40 41 ## EXAMPLES 42 43 ``` 44 $ podman volume create myvol 45 46 $ podman volume create 47 48 $ podman volume create --label foo=bar myvol 49 50 # podman volume create --opt device=tmpfs --opt type=tmpfs --opt o=nodev,noexec myvol 51 52 # podman volume create --opt device=tmpfs --opt type=tmpfs --opt o=uid=1000,gid=1000 testvol 53 ``` 54 55 ## SEE ALSO 56 podman-volume(1), mount(8) 57 58 ## HISTORY 59 November 2018, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>