CompTIA Linux+ XK0-006 (V8) Practice Question

The correct command is podman-compose down --volumes. The down command stops and removes containers and networks created by up. However, by default, it does not remove named volumes. The --volumes (or -v) flag must be added to also remove the named volumes defined in the compose.yaml file.

• podman-compose stop only stops the running containers; it does not remove them or any other resources like networks or volumes.
• podman-compose down on its own stops and removes containers and networks but leaves named volumes intact.
• podman-compose rm --force --volumes is incorrect because rm is used to remove already stopped containers, and it is not the primary command for tearing down a full environment. While it has a --volumes flag, it is for anonymous volumes, not the named volumes managed by the down command in a compose context. The down command is the more comprehensive and appropriate tool for this scenario.