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== Installation ==
== Installation ==


The Podman package is from the alpine version 3.14 on in the 'community' repository.
Podman can be installed via {{Pkg|podman}} package in the community repository.


  apk add podman
{{Cmd|# apk add podman}}


To run Podman you'll need to enable the cgroups service, see [[Alpine_Linux_Init_System]].
To run podman you'll need to enable the <code>cgroups</code> service, consider enabling [[OpenRC#cgroups v2|cgroups v2]].
  rc-update add cgroups
  rc-service cgroups start


For rootless support:
{{Cmd|# rc-update add cgroups}}
{{Cmd|# rc-service cgroups start}}


  apk add fuse-overlayfs shadow slirp4netns
You might need to restart your machine for this to work properly.
  modprobe tun
  usermod --add-subuids 100000-165535 <user>
  usermod --add-subgids 100000-165535 <user>
  podman system migrate


Run an example container to verify everything works
If you are running on top of [[Btrfs]], consider setting storage driver to <code>btrfs</code>:


  podman run --rm hello-world
{{Cmd|$ cat /etc/containers/storage.conf | grep 'driver ='}}
 
driver = "btrfs"
 
For rootless support (replace <USER> with your username):
 
{{Cmd|# modprobe tun
&#35; echo tun >>/etc/modules
&#35; echo <USER>:100000:65536 >/etc/subuid
&#35; echo <USER>:100000:65536 >/etc/subgid}}
 
Run an example container to verify everything works:
 
{{Cmd|$ podman run --rm hello-world}}
 
[[Category:Virtualization]]

Latest revision as of 15:32, 17 April 2023

Installation

Podman can be installed via podman package in the community repository.

# apk add podman

To run podman you'll need to enable the cgroups service, consider enabling cgroups v2.

# rc-update add cgroups

# rc-service cgroups start

You might need to restart your machine for this to work properly.

If you are running on top of Btrfs, consider setting storage driver to btrfs:

$ cat /etc/containers/storage.conf

driver = "btrfs"

For rootless support (replace <USER> with your username):

# modprobe tun # echo tun >>/etc/modules # echo <USER>:100000:65536 >/etc/subuid # echo <USER>:100000:65536 >/etc/subgid

Run an example container to verify everything works:

$ podman run --rm hello-world