Podman : Install2025/11/12

	Install Podman that is the Container management tool.
[1]	Install Podman.

[root@dlp ~]#

dnf -y install podman

[2]	Download an official image and create a Container, next output the words [Welcome to the Podman World] inside the Container.

# download the official image

[root@dlp ~]#

podman pull fedora

Resolved "fedora" as an alias (/etc/containers/registries.conf.d/000-shortnames.conf)
Trying to pull registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest...
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob 4f417555f8f8 done   |
Copying config a9005aba99 done   |
Writing manifest to image destination
a9005aba99b11597d1540895839a1b78121a6b5c9e89cc91a19c1b9ff26441ac

# run echo inside a container

[root@dlp ~]#

podman run fedora /bin/echo "Welcome to the Podman World"

Welcome to the Podman World

[3]	Connect to the interactive session of a Container with [i] and [t] option like follows. If [exit] from the Container session, the process of a Container finishes.

[root@dlp ~]#

podman run -it fedora /bin/bash

bash-5.3#

# connected

bash-5.3#

cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Fedora Linux"
VERSION="43 (Container Image)"
RELEASE_TYPE=stable
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=43
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora Linux 43 (Container Image)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43"
DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="fedora"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f43/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://ask.fedoraproject.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=43
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=43
SUPPORT_END=2026-12-02
VARIANT="Container Image"
VARIANT_ID=container

bash-5.3#

exit

exit
[root@dlp ~]#

# come back

[4]	If you'd like to run a Container as a Daemon, add [d] option.

[root@dlp ~]#

podman run -itd fedora /bin/bash

b4ff1ebfc48912bd12e18e8a02a32061d49112325268a742624466a9c3298de5

# show podman processes

[root@dlp ~]#

podman ps

CONTAINER ID  IMAGE                                     COMMAND     CREATED         STATUS         PORTS       NAMES
b4ff1ebfc489  registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest  /bin/bash   15 seconds ago  Up 16 seconds              quirky_moser

# attach to container session

[root@dlp ~]#

podman exec -it b4ff1ebfc489 /bin/bash

bash-5.3#

# connected

bash-5.3#

exit

# stop container process

[root@dlp ~]#

podman kill b4ff1ebfc489

[root@dlp ~]#

podman ps

CONTAINER ID  IMAGE   COMMAND  CREATED  STATUS  PORTS   NAMES

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