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Podman

Developer(s)	Red Hat
Stable release	5.3.1 / 21 November 2024; 28 days ago (21 November 2024)
Repository	github.com/containers/podman
Written in	Go
Operating system	Linux, Windows, macOS
Type	OS-level virtualization
License	Apache-2.0 license
Website	podman.io

In computing, Podman (pod manager) is an open source Open Container Initiative (OCI)-compliant container management tool from Red Hat used for handling containers, images, volumes, and pods on the Linux operating system, with support for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows via a virtual machine. Based on the libpod library, it offers APIs for the lifecycle management of containers, pods, images, and volumes. The API is identical to the Docker API. Podman Desktop provides an alternative to Docker Desktop.

Security

Podman lets containers run without root privileges (rootless), meaning they can be created, run, and managed by regular users without administrator rights.

See also

• List of Linux containers

References

1. "Release 5.3.1". 21 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. Walker, James (June 4, 2021). "What Is Podman and How Does It Differ from Docker?". How-To Geek.
3. Primavera, Jacqueline (June 17, 2022). "What is Podman? The container engine replacing Docker". InfoWorld.
4. Krill, Paul (May 23, 2023). "Red Hat puts Podman container management on the desktop". InfoWorld.
5. "Podman | GoLand". GoLand Help.
6. Walker, James (January 19, 2023). "Getting Started With Podman Desktop, an Open Source Docker Desktop Alternative". How-To Geek.
7. "Rootless containers with Podman". Red Hat Developer. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 2024-10-12.

Further reading

• "Podman in Action: Secure, Rootless Containers for Kubernetes, Microservices, and More: Walsh, Daniel: 9781633439689: Books". learning.oreilly.com.
• "Podman for DevOps: Containerization reimagined with Podman and its companion tools: Arrichiello, Alessandro, Salinetti, Gianni: 9781803248233: Books". packtpub.com.

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