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--- services:podman [2024/12/19 14:10] – created jas
+++ services:podman [2024/12/19 14:23] (current) – jas
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 Fortunately, both Podman and Docker support the same image format, so you can generally use Docker images with Podman and vice versa. Images built with Docker-specific features might require minor adjustments to work with Podman.
-In order to use Podman on a tech-supported EECS Linux system, you must be a member of a research group that has its own servers with local storage.  When
+In order to use Podman on a tech-supported EECS Linux system, you must be a member of a research group that has its own servers with **local** storage.
-In order to use Podman:
+) Request permission to use Podman by sending an email to tech.  Please include your research group, and the server name where you would like to use containers.  Tech will allocate a uniqe uid/gid range for your containers.
-) Request permission to use Podman by sending an email to tech.  Please include your research group, and the server name where you would like to use containers.  Tech will allocate a uniqe uid/gid range for your container.
+) By default, Podman will use your EECS home directory for container storage ($HOME/.local/share/containers/storage). Your home directory is a network share which is not supported for container storage.  Configure Podman to use storage that is **local** to the server (eg. /local/home/<user>).  Here's how you will configure that:
-) By default, Podman will use the following path for container storage: $HOME/.local/share/containers/storage. This is your EECS home directory, and is a network share.  This is **not** a supported storage for Podman.  In order to use Podman, you must configure Podman to use local storage on your server (eg. /local/home/<user>).  Here's how you will configure that:
+a) Get rid of any old Podman configuration in your account:
-a) Create a **local directory** for Podman storage:
-  % mkdir /local/home/<user>/container-storage
-b) Get rid of any old Podman configuration in your acocunt:
   % rm -rf ~/.local/share/containers/storage
   % rm -f ~/.config/containers
-c) Copy the default Podman storage configuration file:
+b) Copy the default Podman storage configuration file to your home directory:
   % mkdir $HOME/.config/containers
   % cp /etc/containers/storage.conf $HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf
-d) Update $HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf.
+c) Update $HOME/.config/containers/storage.conf.
 Replace:
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 with:
-  runroot = "/local/home/jas/containers/storage/runroot"
+  runroot = "/local/home/<user>/containers/storage/runroot"
 Also replace:
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   graphroot = "/local/home/<user>/containers/storage"
+Of course, replace <user> with your username.
 ) Now you can test container storage:
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 Mastodon:  @Podman_io@fosstodon.org
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+Podman has now been setup in your account.
 For more information on Podman: