podman-container-tools/podman on Hacker News

…mounts it works pretty well. Podman also has a fully rootless mode which can work for many uses: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/d...

comment by 80fj0348i · 2026-10-23 · in Docker is weird

…while running the container processes in an unprivileged namespace. See the discussion here: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/discussions...

comment by seemaze · 2026-07-27 · in Securing Services with Rootless Containers

…a major miss. For anyone curious, there's more details on why this is tricky to do with Podman at https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/pull/27033 .

comment by stryan · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0

…are just similarly confused. The last reply to that thread explains the situation well[0]. [0]: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/2707...

comment by tasuki · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0

…[3] https://documentation.ubuntu.com/release-notes/24.04/schedul... [4] https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases?pa...

comment by Brybry · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0

…version is 4.9.3. It may be incompressible to you, but I'm not alone in thinking it's a problem: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/2707...

comment by rsyring · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0

…version looks like this[1], who is really going to consider this for serious production uses? 1: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/discussions...

comment by rsyring · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0

…as a forefront before it was ready and still no proper support for Ubuntu on v4 of Podman. [1] https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/discussions...

comment by Chyzwar · 2026-07-02 · in Podman v6.0.0

…to podman again, but it needs to have a “be 100% compatible with Docker” mode as opposed to this: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/1478...

comment by trollbridge · 2026-07-02 · in Podman v6.0.0

Would be great to know if I can uninstall docker on Mac and just install https://github.com/containers/podman/releases and be good to go with my docker compose files ?! I have the feeling the docker company is communicating a lot with…

comment by therealmarv · 2026-07-02 · in Podman v6.0.0

…Claude user running container, Rootless Podman is very easy to setup, it's all I use on Debian 13: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/d... Depending on what container you are running, sometimes you need to fiddle…

comment by suprjami · 2026-06-15 · in My Claude Code Setup

Podman approach: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/28238

comment by kermatt · 2026-03-28 · in Docker Sandboxes

…I want it to just work, not make everyone in the industry redo their dockerfiles to be "correct." https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/6234 It looks like there was some work done to resolve this in 2023 and 2024 but I know this was…

comment by enlightens · 2026-02-25 · in Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build

https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by esafak · 2026-01-23 · in What has Docker become?

…examples and discussion of what they should say in the link. Edit: Here's another one that I filed: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/20775

comment by rwmj · 2025-12-20 · in Log level 'error' should mean that something needs to be fixed

…network issues. The caddy demo I've linked below explains more about the issues it would solve. [0] https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial... [1] https://github.com/eriksjolund/podman-caddy-socket-activatio...

comment by figmert · 2025-12-18 · in A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images

…networking (by default from Podman 5.0) It is a noticable improvement for traffic heavy containers. https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by nezirus · 2025-10-14 · in Passt – Plug a Simple Socket Transport

…GitHub [1], you just need to copy a single statically-linked binary into "/usr/local/bin". [0]: https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/c8183c50/Makefile#... [1]: https://github.com/containers/podman/releases

comment by gucci-on-fleek · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman

…having a daemon running as root is larger attack surface than a program running as the user. Going to the github.com/containers/podman/releases, the latest release is actually addressing a security risk that involves overwriting files of…

comment by pvtmert · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman

…inside the container supports it, you can use socket activation [0] to get native performance. [0]: https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by gucci-on-fleek · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman

…But you don't get any automatic updates like you would if they provided an apt repository. [0]: https://github.com/containers/podman/releases

comment by gucci-on-fleek · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman

…and counting to wade through to find some solutions that have worked for some people in some cases. https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/20573#discu...

comment by markstos · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman

Tried Podman. It looked quite promising, but failed me: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/26899 Trying Incus now

comment by k_bx · 2025-08-25 · in I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can

…stan) Last I tried using the .kube files I ran into issues with specifying container networks ( https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/12965 ). This is sort of "fixed" by using a Quadlet ".kube" but IMO that's a pretty weak solution…

comment by GCUMstlyHarmls · 2025-08-21 · in Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit

…to use rootless vs `userns=auto`? I haven't really seen any discussion of it other than this issue: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/13728

comment by kaylynb · 2025-05-07 · in Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)

…using rootful with --userns=auto, which will run your containers each in a unique user namespace. ― https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/12778#issuecomme...

comment by aorth · 2025-05-07 · in Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)

…container process. Network traffic sent over this socket-activated socket has native performance. https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by eriksjolund · 2025-05-06 · in Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)

…address (e.g. for web server logs), you have to use a workaround which has a performance penalty. https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/10884 https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/9052 https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/111…

comment by chaz6 · 2025-05-06 · in Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)

…and DynamicUser= is incompatible with Podman so --user is being used as a replacement. Looks messy. https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/20573

comment by soraminazuki · 2025-05-06 · in Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)

Podman quadlet supports "Socket activation of containers" https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial... This allows you to run a network server with `Network=none` (--network=none). If the server would be compromised, the…

comment by eriksjolund · 2025-04-14 · in Podman Quadlets with Podman Desktop

…env var pointing to the socket is enough to trigger a connection and service activation? [0] https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by gm678 · 2025-03-24 · in Quadlet: Running Podman containers under systemd

Socket activation can be used with quadlets but not with docker-compose. That is a big advantage. https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by eriksjolund · 2025-03-24 · in Quadlet: Running Podman containers under systemd

On the off chance it matters to anyone, brew whines that podman requires macOS 13.x due to https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/22121 but that's only for $(podman machine start) support, which relies on…

comment by mdaniel · 2025-02-22 · in Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker

…or Rocky Linux with SELinux, and reading some articles. Here are a few: - Podman rootless tutorial https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial... - With a socket activated container, you can have a container listen on a…

comment by benatkin · 2025-01-26 · in I don't like Docker or Podman

…dev containers (why would I possibly want that there? I'm not ensuring Heisenbugs myself :P). [1] https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by dannymi · 2025-01-12 · in Why I Chose Common Lisp

Podman kube has support for k8s Jobs now: https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/23722 k8s docs > concepts > workloads > controllers > Jobs: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/jo... Ingress, Deployment,…

comment by westurner · 2025-01-10 · in Ask HN: What are the biggest PITAs about managing VMs and containers?

There is a third option: enable the Docker socket and use Docker Compose as usual. https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by Cyph0n · 2025-01-05 · in A story on home server security

…you suggest, mostly everyone still uses docker. https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/rootless/ https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorial...

comment by PufPufPuf · 2024-10-06 · in 200GB Free Cloud for Your Files

…get what you are saying, but note a word of caution - kernel upgrades can break container runtimes: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/10623 .

comment by aflukasz · 2024-09-21 · in Show HN: A CLI tool I made to self-host any app with two commands on a VPS

containers/podman > [Feature]: Android support: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/17717 : > There are docker and containerd in termux-packages. https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/tree/master/root-p... But Android 13+…

comment by westurner · 2024-07-25 · in Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful?

…helm template: https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_template/ "RFE Allow podman to run Helm charts" https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/15098#issuecomme... helm template --dry-run --debug . --generate-name \ --values values.yaml | tee…

comment by westurner · 2024-05-15 · in Show HN: Pico: An open-source Ngrok alternative built for production traffic

…are issues with how Podman produces JSON logs https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/issues/6807 https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/16317 which needs to get fixed before I can use it for my workloads.

comment by jdoss · 2024-04-09 · in Preview of Explore Logs, a new way to browse your logs without writing LogQL

…, but it's not what one could consider production ready. Example of why: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/5102#issuecommen...

comment by throwaway74354 · 2024-03-27 · in Podman 5.0 has been released

…but the conversation petered out. Solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/77354286/145504 Discussion: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/20445

comment by rgovostes · 2024-03-27 · in Podman 5.0 has been released

AFAIK podman either already supports pods in quadlet container files, or will in the near future. https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/20762

comment by runiq · 2024-01-13 · in Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative

…then adding all my desired container apps and services inside a `devbox.json` file. [1] https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/18691#issuecomme...

comment by tao_at_garden · 2023-12-20 · in Podman Desktop 1.6 released: Even more Kubernetes and Containers features

looks like this issue: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/20639

comment by florentbenoit · 2023-12-20 · in Podman Desktop 1.6 released: Even more Kubernetes and Containers features

https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/20081 https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/20428 https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/20462 https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/19611

comment by zanecodes · 2023-11-04 · in Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data

Yes. https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/3e8f19be9d84548039... https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/3e8f19be9d84548039...

comment by its-summertime · 2023-08-14 · in Podman v4.6 Introduces Podmansh: A Revolutionary Login Shell

…defined in /etc/fstab.) [2] https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-systemd.uni... [3] https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/6ab38e55e733e70c95... [4] https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.tim... [5]…

comment by jasomill · 2023-08-13 · in Podman v4.6 Introduces Podmansh: A Revolutionary Login Shell