Podman Machine and Boot2podman

By Anders F Björklund GitHub​

Update: September 9, 2021 - Tom Sweeney​

This post initially discussed the boot2podman/machine project, which Anders has since deprecated. Starting with Podman v3.3, the podman machine command now does that same function and is part of the Podman project. Please see Brent Baude's update or the podman machine man page on docs.podman.io for more information on how to run Podman machine. The podman-machine command has been deprecated.

In addition, the Podman team is investigating the possibility of creating Podman Desktop. Please see the issue on GitHub, and please add your comments or thoughts to that issue.

More updates are coming, and please keep your eye on the Podman Mailing List and podman.io for further information and developments.

Finally, a very big thank you to Anders for his many contributions to Podman, particularly for his work in getting Podman to work smoothly on macOS.

Original Post​

By using podman-machine and indirectly boot2podman, it is easy to get started with podman even if your local host does not support it...

It will start a virtual machine, with everything to run containers. This includes podman and buildah, and remote access over varlink.