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| Environment Variable | Description | Possible values | Default |
| ------------------------ | ----------- | --------------- | ------- |
| ``DOCKER_HOSTNAMES`` | Comma seperated list of hostnames to connect to | For example `localhost,docker.example.com` | - |
| ``DOCKER_PORTS`` | Comma seperated list of ports to connect to | For example `2375,2376` | - |
| ``DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS`` | Comma seperated list of paths to sockets | For example `/var/run/docker.sock,/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock` | - |
| ``DOCKER_HOSTNAMES`` | Comma-separated list of hostnames to connect to | For example `localhost,docker.example.com` | - |
| ``DOCKER_PORTS`` | Comma-separated list of ports to connect to | For example `2375,2376` | - |
| ``DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS`` | Comma-separated list of mounted Docker-compatible socket paths. See the [Docker and Podman integration guide](/docs/integrations/docker) | For example `/var/run/docker.sock,/var/run/podman.sock` | - |
## Database
| Environment Variable | Description | Possible values | Default |
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With docker run, add this parameter: `-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock`.
In Windows, you'll need to adjust the slashes: `-v //var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock`
### Using Podman
On Linux, Homarr can connect to Podman's [Docker-compatible API](https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html).
The Podman API socket must be running and mounted into the Homarr container.
The socket grants full access to Podman, including arbitrary code execution as the user running the API, so only mount it into trusted containers.
For rootless Podman, enable the socket for the user that runs Homarr:
```bash
systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket
```
The rootless socket is located at `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/podman.sock` (usually `/run/user/<uid>/podman/podman.sock`).
You can confirm the path with:
```bash
podman info --format '{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Path}}'
```
Mount that socket into the Homarr container and point `DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS` to its path **inside** the container:
```yaml
services:
homarr:
container_name: homarr
image: ghcr.io/homarr-labs/homarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman/podman.sock:/var/run/podman.sock
- ./homarr/appdata:/appdata
environment:
SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY: your_64_character_hex_string
DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS: /var/run/podman.sock
ports:
- "7575:7575"
```
Start Homarr with `podman compose up -d`.
Run the compose project as the same user that owns the rootless Podman socket so `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` resolves to the correct path.
To keep the user socket available after logout and across reboots, enable lingering with `loginctl enable-linger <user>`.
For rootful Podman, enable the system socket with `sudo systemctl enable --now podman.socket`.
Its default path is `/run/podman/podman.sock`; mount that path instead and start Homarr with `sudo podman compose up -d`.
:::note SELinux
On systems with SELinux enabled, Podman's documentation recommends disabling label separation for a container that accesses the API socket.
Add the following to the Homarr service:
```yaml
security_opt:
- label=disable
```
:::
You can connect Homarr to multiple Docker-compatible sockets by mounting each socket and listing their in-container paths, separated by commas:
```yaml
services:
homarr:
image: ghcr.io/homarr-labs/homarr:latest
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
- ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman/podman.sock:/var/run/podman.sock
environment:
DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS: /var/run/docker.sock,/var/run/podman.sock
```
### Managing your Docker containers within Homarr
Homarr allows you to interact with Docker containers running on your system.
Each container row has an action menu with the following options: