---
name: "podman-image-mount"
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-image-mount"
---

# podman-image-mount(1)

Mount an image's root filesystem

## NAME

podman-image-mount - Mount an image's root filesystem

## SYNOPSIS

**podman image mount** \[*options*\] \[*image* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Mounts the specified images' root file system in a location which can be accessed from the host, and returns its location.

The **podman image mount** command without any arguments lists all of the currently mounted images.

Rootless mode only supports mounting VFS driver, unless podman is run in a user namespace. Use the **podman unshare** command to enter the user namespace. All other storage drivers fail to mount.

## RETURN VALUE

The location of the mounted file system.  On error an empty string and errno is returned.

## OPTIONS

### --all, -a

Mount all images.

### --format=*format*

Print the mounted images in specified format (json).

## EXAMPLES

Mount multiple images. Note: In rootless mode, image mounting works only after executing the podman unshare command to enter the user namespace.

```
podman image mount fedora ubi8-init
/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f3ac502d97b5681989dff84dfedc8354239bcecbdc2692f9a639f4e080a02364/merged
/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/0ff7d7ca68bed1ace424f9df154d2dd7b5a125c19d887f17653cbcd5b6e30ba1/merged
```

List mounted images:

```
podman image mount
registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f3ac502d97b5681989dff84dfedc8354239bcecbdc2692f9a639f4e080a02364/merged
registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8-init:latest /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/0ff7d7ca68bed1ace424f9df154d2dd7b5a125c19d887f17653cbcd5b6e30ba1/merged
```

List mounted images in JSON format:

```
podman image mount --format json
[
 {
  "id": "00ff39a8bf19f810a7e641f7eb3ddc47635913a19c4996debd91fafb6b379069",
  "Names": [
   "sha256:58de585a231aca14a511347bc85b912a6f000159b49bc2b0582032911e5d3a6c"
  ],
  "Repositories": [
   "registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest"
  ],
  "mountpoint": "/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/0ccfac04663bbe8813b5f24502ee0b7371ce5bf3c5adeb12e4258d191c2cf7bc/merged"
 },
 {
  "id": "bcc2dc9a261774ad25a15e07bb515f9b77424266abf2a1252ec7bcfed1dd0ac2",
  "Names": [
   "sha256:d5f260b2e51b3ee9d05de1c31d261efc9af28e7d2d47cedf054c496d71424d63"
  ],
  "Repositories": [
   "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8-init:latest"
  ],
  "mountpoint": "/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/d66b58e3391ea8ce4c81316c72e22b332618f2a28b461a32ed673e8998cdaeb8/merged"
 }
]
```

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md)**, **[podman-image(1)](/podman-image/1.md)**, **[podman-image-unmount(1)](/podman-image-unmount/1.md)**, **[podman-unshare(1)](/podman-unshare/1.md)**, **[mount(8)](/mount/8.md)**