Podman Operations
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External
Internal
Installation
Mac
brew install podman
Linux
dnf install -y podman && dnf clean all
podman --version
Version
podman --version
Podman Virtual Machine Operations
Podman Virtual Machine Initialization
Podman on MacOS requires a virtual machine. This is because containers must run with a Linux kernel, and the Podman virtual machine provides that kernel.
podman machine init
initializes a new Linux VM where the containers are run.
For more details, see
Start Virtual Machine
Once the VM is initialized, it must be stared with:
podman machine start
Install System Helper
The system helper service is not installed; the default Docker API socket address can't be used by podman. If you would like to install it run the following commands:
sudo /opt/brew/Cellar/podman/4.2.1/bin/podman-mac-helper install podman machine stop; podman machine start
You can still connect Docker API clients by setting DOCKER_HOST using the following command in your terminal session:
export DOCKER_HOST='unix:///Users/ovidiu/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/podman-machine-default/podman.sock'
Stop Virtual Machine
podman machine stop
Remove a Virtual Machine
podman machine rm
Display Virtual Machine Information
podman machine info
Inspect a Virtual Machine
podman machine inspect
List Virtual Machines
podman machine list
Configure a Virtual Machine
podman machine set
ssh Into a Virtual Machine
podman machine ssh