Podman Desktop Getting Started on GNU/Linux

GNU/Linux Podman Desktop Quick-Start Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Get Started with Podman Desktop UI in GNU/Linux Desktops.

First of all, this guide include just a Quick & Dirty introduction about How to Get Started Pulling and Playing with Containers.

And Podman Destop is an Open Source Graphical Tool enabling you to seamlessly work with Containers & Kubernetes from your Local Environment.

Podman is a Daemonless, Open-source, Linux native Tool designed to make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy Apps using Open Containers Initiative (OCI) Containers and Container Images.

The main Features are:

• Build images from Containerfile or Dockerfile.
• Pull images from remote registries.
• Start, Stop, Restart containers and pods.
• Easily get a terminal in your container.
• Inspect container logs.
• Push images to OCI registries.
• Deploy and test images on Kubernetes.
• Manage OCI registries; add, edit, or delete registries.
• Configure your proxy settings (work in progress.)
• Configure CPU, memory, and disk of Podman machines (work in progress.)
• Handle multiple container engines at the same time (Podman, Docker, Lima…)

1. 1. Installing Podman Desktop

   How to Install Podman Desktop on GNU/Linux

   Podman Desktop Linux Setup Guide

   GNU/Linux Podman Desktop Installation Tutorial.

2. 2. Enabling Docker Compatibility

   This to Pull and Run Docker Containers
   First, Choose “Docker Compatibility” on Bottom-Left:

   
Then confirm to “Enable“:

Again with “Yes” for makink the Symlink:

To Check the Setup:

ls -l /var/run/docker.sock

And in output you should find confirmation:


3. 3. Pulling Containers

   Now to Start Pull Containers from Repository
   First, Choose Images on Sidebar:

   
   Then “Manage registries” on Top-Right:
   
   And Enable Docker Hub Login:
   
   Next “Pull an image” on Top-Left:
   
   If the Docker Hub is enabled it’s enough to Start just by entering the Image Name!
   Here for Instance “nginx” for the Web Server:
   
   And then in few time the Image is Downloaded to Local.
   
   
   To Refine the Images Search enter the fully Qualified Name as for Example: docker.io/library/nginx.

4. 3. Running Containers

   So then to Start a Container
   First, just select the Play arrow:

   
   Next, you can Customize the Container Instance.
   And then “Starting container“:
   
   Last, on “Containers” choose the Triple Dots and Open Browser or Terminal:
   
   In this case of a NGINX Web Server you can access it on Browser: