github.com/hanks177/podman/v4@v4.1.3-0.20220613032544-16d90015bc83/docs/source/markdown/podman-network.1.md (about) 1 % podman-network(1) 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-network - Manage Podman networks 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman network** *subcommand* 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 The network command manages networks for Podman. 11 12 Podman supports two network backends [Netavark](https://github.com/containers/netavark) 13 and [CNI](https://www.cni.dev/). Support for netavark was added in Podman v4.0. To configure 14 the network backend use the `network_backend`key under the `[Network]` in 15 **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/master/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**. 16 New systems should use netavark by default, to check what backed is used run 17 `podman info --format {{.Host.NetworkBackend}}`. 18 19 All network commands work for both backends but CNI and Netavark use different config files 20 so networks have to be created again after a backend change. 21 22 ## COMMANDS 23 24 | Command | Man Page | Description | 25 | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | 26 | connect | [podman-network-connect(1)](podman-network-connect.1.md) | Connect a container to a network | 27 | create | [podman-network-create(1)](podman-network-create.1.md) | Create a Podman network | 28 | disconnect | [podman-network-disconnect(1)](podman-network-disconnect.1.md) | Disconnect a container from a network | 29 | exists | [podman-network-exists(1)](podman-network-exists.1.md) | Check if the given network exists | 30 | inspect | [podman-network-inspect(1)](podman-network-inspect.1.md) | Displays the raw network configuration for one or more networks | 31 | ls | [podman-network-ls(1)](podman-network-ls.1.md) | Display a summary of networks | 32 | prune | [podman-network-prune(1)](podman-network-prune.1.md) | Remove all unused networks | 33 | reload | [podman-network-reload(1)](podman-network-reload.1.md) | Reload network configuration for containers | 34 | rm | [podman-network-rm(1)](podman-network-rm.1.md) | Remove one or more networks | 35 36 ## SEE ALSO 37 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/common/blob/main/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**