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<p>This tutorial covers the tasks that you can perform to manage the following resources visually:</p>
<ul>
<li>Containers and pods</li>
<li>Images</li>
<li>Volumes</li>
<li>Kubernetes objects</li>
<li>Other resources, such as Podman machines, clusters, and CLI tools</li>
</ul>
<p>Several useful actions are available in the UI to make resource management easy.</p>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="before-you-begin">Before you begin<ahref="#before-you-begin"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Before you begin"title="Direct link to Before you begin"></a></h2>
<li><ahref="/docs/kubernetes/viewing-and-selecting-current-kubernetes-context">A valid Kubernetes context and connection</a> to manage Kubernetes resources.</li>
</ul>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="managing-containers-and-pods">Managing containers and pods<ahref="#managing-containers-and-pods"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Managing containers and pods"title="Direct link to Managing containers and pods"></a></h2>
<p>Based on your needs, perform any of the following actions after navigating to the component page:</p>
<p><strong><em>Common actions for containers and pods</em></strong></p>
<li>View the status of each container by hovering over it in the <em>CONTAINERS</em> column. The status can be <code>Running</code>, <code>Created</code>, <code>Exited</code>, or <code>Waiting</code>.</li>
<li>Create a pod from a Kubernetes YAML file using the <strong>Play Kubernetes YAML</strong> button.</li>
<li>Use the overflow menu to:<!---->
<ul>
<li><em>Kubernetes action</em>: Generate and view configuration for a Kubernetes pod.</li>
<li><em>Kubernetes action</em>: Deploy a pod to a Kubernetes cluster.</li>
<li>Restart your pod.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="managing-images">Managing images<ahref="#managing-images"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Managing images"title="Direct link to Managing images"></a></h2>
<p>Perform any of the following actions after navigating to the component page:</p>
<li>You cannot delete an image if it is being used in any containers. In such cases, you must delete the container and then delete the image.</li>
<li>By selecting multiple images, you can delete or save them in a single step.</li>
</ul></div></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Use the overflow menu to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Push an image to a configured registry.</li>
<li>Edit the image name and tag.</li>
<li>View history to check the commands that created each layer of the image.</li>
<li>Save an image to your local machine.</li>
<li>Push an image to a cluster, such as a Kind or Developer Sandbox cluster.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Access other useful actions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the <strong>Prune</strong> button to remove all unused images from the Podman engine.</li>
<li>Load images from a tar archive on your local machine.</li>
<li>Import images from your local machine into the Podman Desktop application.</li>
<li>Pull an image from a configured registry.</li>
<li>Build an image from a container or docker file.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="managing-volumes">Managing volumes<ahref="#managing-volumes"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Managing volumes"title="Direct link to Managing volumes"></a></h2>
<p>Perform any of the following actions after navigating to the component page:</p>
<p>Use the <strong>Delete</strong> icon to delete a volume. You can also select multiple volumes and delete them in one step by using the delete button on the page.</p>
<li>You cannot delete a volume if it is being used in any containers. In such cases, you must delete the container and then delete the volume.</li>
<li>By selecting multiple volumes, you can delete them in a single step.</li>
</ul></div></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>Click the name of the volume to view its summary.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Access other useful actions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Use the <strong>Prune</strong> button to remove unused volumes from the Podman engine.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Gather volume sizes</strong> to determine the size used for volumes.</li>
<li>Click the <strong>Create</strong> button to create a volume.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="managing-kubernetes-objects">Managing Kubernetes objects<ahref="#managing-kubernetes-objects"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Managing Kubernetes objects"title="Direct link to Managing Kubernetes objects"></a></h2>
<p>Perform any of the following actions after navigating to the component page:</p>
<li>Delete an object using the <strong>Delete</strong> icon.</li>
<li>Create an object using the <strong>Apply YAML</strong> button.</li>
<li>Click the name of the object to:<!---->
<ul>
<li>View its summary</li>
<li>View its Kubernetes configuration</li>
<li>Edit its Kubernetes configuration and apply those changes to your cluster.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="managing-other-resources">Managing other resources<ahref="#managing-other-resources"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Managing other resources"title="Direct link to Managing other resources"></a></h2>
<p>You can manage other resources, such as your Podman machine, cluster, or CLI tools using the Podman Desktop Settings.</p>
<p><strong><em>Managing your Podman machine</em></strong></p>
<p>On the <strong>Settings > Resources</strong> page, perform any of the following actions:</p>
<p><imgdecoding="async"loading="lazy"alt="podman machine set up"src="/assets/images/podman-setup-fcc978269bd027b3d10b5290d667d61b.png"width="1506"height="538"class="img_SS3x"></p>
<ol>
<li>Create a new Podman machine.</li>
<li>Set up Podman machine preferences.</li>
<li>Access other useful actions to start, restart, stop, edit, or delete a Podman machine.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong><em>Managing your cluster</em></strong></p>
<p>On the <strong>Settings > Resources</strong> page, perform any of the following actions:</p>
<p><imgdecoding="async"loading="lazy"alt="cluster set up"src="/assets/images/cluster-setup-b50234086ef7473038c387a3e814f960.png"width="742"height="187"class="img_SS3x"></p>
<ol>
<li>Create a new cluster.</li>
<li>Access other useful actions to start, restart, stop, or delete a cluster.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong><em>Managing your CLI tools</em></strong></p>
<p>If you have installed a CLI tool extension, you can set up the CLI tool and upgrade to its latest version from the UI.</p>
<ul>
<li>On the <strong>Settings > Resources</strong> page, click <strong>Setup</strong> to download the CLI tool and install it system wide.</li>
</ul>
<p><imgdecoding="async"loading="lazy"alt="CLI set up"src="/assets/images/set-up-cli-ec80f5d1ff226241882d2bc87a37afe9.png"width="742"height="155"class="img_SS3x"></p>
<ul>
<li>On the <strong>Settings > CLI tools</strong> page, click the updates available icon to upgrade to the latest version of the CLI tool:</li>
<h2class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV"id="additional-resources">Additional resources<ahref="#additional-resources"class="hash-link"aria-label="Direct link to Additional resources"title="Direct link to Additional resources"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><ahref="/docs/containers">Working with containers</a></li>
<li><ahref="/docs/containers/images">Working with images</a></li>
<li><ahref="/docs/kubernetes">Working with Kubernetes</a></li>
