EX188 Networking And Compose Practice Question
You have created a Podman pod and want to launch two containers inside this pod so they share the same network namespace. How do you specify this during container creation?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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podman run --pod mypod -d myimage
Using '--pod <pod_name>' places the new container inside an existing pod, sharing its network, IPC, and UTS namespaces.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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podman run --pod mypod -d myimage
Why this is correct
--pod shares the network namespace of the specified pod.
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podman run --share-namespace mypod -d myimage
Why it's wrong here
This flag does not exist.
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podman pod connect mypod myimage
Why it's wrong here
podman pod connect is not the syntax for starting a container in a pod.
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podman run --network pod:mypod -d myimage
Why it's wrong here
While Docker uses container:name syntax sometimes, Podman uses the --pod flag directly.
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