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Podman


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Podman is a really great Docker replacement. It can run without root.

RHEL 8 rootless Podman

  • Need crun instead of runc.
  • Need to set /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid.

symlink

Some programs have started to depend on Docker by directly running the docker executable. Since docker and podman are pretty compatible, sometimes you can get around the docker dependency by creating a docker symlink that points to podman.

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@article{yaltirakli,
  title   = "Podman",
  author  = "Yaltirakli, Gokberk",
  journal = "gkbrk.com",
  year    = "2025",
  url     = "https://www.gkbrk.com/podman"
}
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Gokberk Yaltirakli, "Podman", July, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.gkbrk.com/podman. [Accessed Jul. 14, 2025].
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