podman
Installation
SKILL.md
Podman containers
Manage OCI containers with Podman on this Linux host. Day-to-day automation is CLI; Cockpit + cockpit-podman is the optional web UI.
Overview
Podman runs the same class of images as Docker (OCI / Docker Hub / GHCR) but is a separate engine. It does not control the Docker daemon. Rootless is the default preference on this host.
This host context (keep current):
| Stack | Role |
|---|---|
| Podman | Preferred for new app containers (agent-managed) |
| cockpit-podman | Containers tab in Cockpit (Podman only) |
| Docker | May still be installed — do not assume shared running state |
| libvirt / cockpit-machines | Full VMs (e.g. windows-11) — not containers |
| Cockpit URL | https://localhost:9090 (cockpit.socket → port 9090) |