linux_wiki:podman_install

Podman Install

General Information

Podman is an OCI (open container initiative) compliant container client and fully docker compatible.

Podman allows you to run and perform all of the docker-cli commands without running a docker daemon.


Install

Installing podman, the drop in replacement for docker cli.

Install the pre-req and add the PPA

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:projectatomic/ppa

Install podman

sudo apt install podman

Configure

Add dockerhub as a default location to search for short named containers.

sudo vim /etc/containers/registries.conf
 
[registries.search]
registries = ["docker.io"]

Run

Since podman does not use a daemon, you can simply inspect/build/run containers and images.

Containers can also be run with non-root privileges.

The containers use storage at:

  • Running as normal user: ~/.local/containers/
  • Running as root/with sudo: /var/lib/containers/

Podman commands are the same as docker cli. See some examples below.


Display podman settings/info

podman info


Show images

podman images


Show all containers

podman ps -a


Run a container interactively and attach a bash shell

podman run -it registryname/image /bin/bash

  • linux_wiki/podman_install.txt
  • Last modified: 2019/08/03 11:41
  • by billdozor