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Features Overview

Pod Manager provides a comprehensive set of features for managing your Podman containers and resources directly from VS Code. Here's an overview of the main features:

Container Management​

  • Create and manage containers with simple or advanced configuration
  • Start, stop, restart, and delete containers
  • Access container logs and terminal
  • Monitor container status and health Learn more about Container Management

Image Management​

Pod Management​

  • Create and manage pods
  • Control multiple containers as a unit
  • Configure pod networking and storage
  • Monitor pod health and status Learn more about Pod Management

Volume Management​

Network Management​

Docker/Podman Compose​

  • Manage multi-container applications
  • Define service dependencies
  • Handle service scaling
  • Manage application lifecycle Learn more about Compose

Container Management​

Creating Containers​

Simple Mode​

  • Select an image
  • Specify port mapping (e.g., 8080:80)

Advanced Mode​

  • Volume mapping
  • Network configuration
  • Environment variables
  • CPU limits (e.g., 0.5 for half CPU)
  • Memory limits (e.g., 512m for 512 MB)

Container Operations​

  • Start/Stop containers
  • Restart containers
  • Delete containers
  • Open terminal sessions
  • View real-time logs

Image Management​

Building Images​

  • Build from Dockerfile
  • Specify image names and tags
  • Select build context
  • View build progress

Image Maintenance​

  • Delete specific images
  • Prune dangling images
  • Prune all unused images
  • Clear builder cache

Volume Management​

Volume Operations​

  • Create new volumes
  • Delete existing volumes
  • View volume details

Network Management​

Network Operations​

  • Create new networks
  • Delete existing networks
  • View network configurations

Pod Management​

Pod Operations​

  • Start/Stop pods
  • Restart pods
  • Delete pods
  • View pod status

Docker/Podman Compose Support​

Compose Operations​

  • compose up: Create and start services
  • compose down: Stop and remove services
  • compose start: Start existing services
  • compose stop: Stop running services
  • compose restart: Restart services

Compose Configuration​

  • Automatic detection of compose files
  • Project name inference
  • Configurable command style
  • Error handling with command copying