---
name: "podman-commit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "podman"
version: "6.1.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/podman-commit"
---

# podman-commit(1)

Create new image based on the changed container

## NAME

podman-commit - Create new image based on the changed container

## SYNOPSIS

**podman commit** \[*options*\] *container* \[*image*\]

**podman container commit** \[*options*\] *container* \[*image*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**podman commit** creates an image based on a changed *container*. The author of the image can be set using the **--author** OPTION. Various image instructions can be configured with the **--change** OPTION and a commit message can be set using the **--message** OPTION. The *container* and its processes are paused while the image is committed. If this is not desired, the **--pause** OPTION can be set to *false*. When the commit is complete, Podman prints out the ID of the new image.

If **image** does not begin with a registry name component, **localhost** is added to the name. If **image** is not provided, the values for the **REPOSITORY** and **TAG** values of the created image is set to **\<none\>**.

## OPTIONS

### --author, -a=*author*

Set the author for the committed image.

### --change, -c=*instruction*

Apply the following possible instructions to the created image:

- •

  *CMD*

- •

  *ENTRYPOINT*

- •

  *ENV*

- •

  *EXPOSE*

- •

  *LABEL*

- •

  *ONBUILD*

- •

  *STOPSIGNAL*

- •

  *USER*

- •

  *VOLUME*

- •

  *WORKDIR*

Can be set multiple times.

### --config=*ConfigBlobFile*

Merge the container configuration from the specified file into the configuration for the image as it is being committed. The file contents should be a JSON-encoded version of a Schema2Config structure, which is defined at https://github.com/containers/image/blob/v5.29.0/manifest/docker\_schema2.go#L67.

### --format, -f=oci \| *docker*

Set the format of the image manifest and metadata.  The currently supported formats are **oci** and *docker*.\
 The default is **oci**.

### --iidfile=*ImageIDfile*

Write the image ID to the file.

### --include-volumes

Include in the committed image any volumes added to the container by the **--volume** or **--mount** OPTIONS to the **podman create** and **podman run** commands.\
 The default is **false**.

### --message, -m=*message*

Set commit message for committed image.\
 *IMPORTANT: The message field is not supported in* **oci** format.

### --pause, -p

**Pause the container when creating an image.** **Pausing a running container during commit prevents race conditions and potential security issues caused by other processes accessing the container's rootfs while the image is being created.**\
 **The default is true.**

### --quiet, -q

**Suppresses output.**\
 **The default is false.**

### --squash, -s

**Squash newly built layers into a single new layer.**\
 **The default is false.**

## EXAMPLES

**Create image from container with entrypoint and label:**

```
$ podman commit --change CMD=/bin/bash --change ENTRYPOINT=/bin/sh --change "LABEL blue=image" reverent_golick image-committed
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
Copying config sha256:c16a6d30f3782288ec4e7521c754acc29d37155629cb39149756f486dae2d4cd
 448 B / 448 B [============================================================] 0s
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
```

**Create image from container with commit message:**

```
$ podman commit -q --message "committing container to image"
reverent_golick image-committed
e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
```

**Create image from container with author:**

```
$ podman commit -q --author "firstName lastName" reverent_golick image-committed
e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
```

**Commit running container without pausing:**

```
$ podman commit -q --pause=false containerID image-committed
e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
```

**Create image from container with default image tag:**

```
$ podman commit containerID
e3ce4d93051ceea088d1c242624d659be32cf1667ef62f1d16d6b60193e2c7a8
```

**Create image from container with default required capabilities:**

```
$ podman commit -q --change LABEL=io.containers.capabilities=setuid,setgid epic_nobel privimage
400d31a3f36dca751435e80a0e16da4859beb51ff84670ce6bdc5edb30b94066
```

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md), [podman-run(1)](/podman-run/1.md), [podman-create(1)](/podman-create/1.md)**

### Troubleshooting

**See [podman-troubleshooting(7)](/podman-troubleshooting/7.md)** **for solutions to common issues.**

## HISTORY

**December 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com** **⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩**