Accessing the container terminal

You can access the terminal of a container to view its file system, interact with it using commands, or troubleshoot the environment in which it runs.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have:

• A running Podman machine.
• Started a containerized application.

Procedure

1. Go to the Containers component page.

2. Click the name of the container, such as python-app. The Container Details page opens.

3. Select the Terminal tab.

4. Run any commands to interact with the container. For example, run the ls -al command to list hidden files.

5. Click the close icon on the right side of the page.

   note

   Alternatively, click the overflow menu icon and then select the Open Terminal option to access the container terminal.