podman
Daemonless container engine for OCI containers
TLDR
Run a container
$ podman run [image]
List running containers$ podman ps
List all containers$ podman ps -a
Pull an image$ podman pull [image]
Build from Dockerfile$ podman build -t [tag] [path]
Stop a container$ podman stop [container]
Remove a container$ podman rm [container]
SYNOPSIS
podman [options] command [args]
DESCRIPTION
podman is a daemonless, rootless container engine that manages OCI-compliant containers and images. Unlike Docker, it does not require a background daemon process, and containers can run entirely as an unprivileged user.The CLI is designed to be drop-in compatible with Docker, supporting familiar commands like run, build, pull, ps, stop, and rm. Podman also supports pods (groups of containers sharing namespaces), which align with Kubernetes pod concepts. Developed by Red Hat, it uses Buildah for image building and crun/runc as the container runtime.
PARAMETERS
run
Run a container.ps
List containers.pull
Pull an image.build
Build image from Containerfile.stop
Stop container.rm
Remove container.images
List images.exec
Execute in container.-d, --detach
Run in background.
CONFIGURATION
/etc/containers/registries.conf
System-wide container registry configuration including search registries and mirrors./etc/containers/storage.conf
Storage driver and path configuration for container images and layers./etc/containers/containers.conf
Default container runtime settings including resource limits, logging, and network configuration.~/.config/containers/
User-level overrides for rootless Podman configuration.
INSTALL
sudo apt install podman
sudo dnf install podman
sudo pacman -S podman
sudo apk add podman
sudo zypper install podman
brew install podman
nix profile install nixpkgs#podman
CAVEATS
Rootless by default. Docker CLI compatible.
HISTORY
Podman was created by Red Hat as a daemonless Docker alternative.