[root@192 ~]# dnf -y install podman
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Package podman-4:4.9.4-30.module+el8.10.0+24081+a04d358a.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[root@192 ~]# dnf search podman
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================================================ Name Exactly Matched: podman
podman.x86_64 : Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
=============================================== Name & Summary Matched: podman cockpit-podman.noarch : Cockpit component for Podman containers
pcp-pmda-podman.x86_64 : Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for podman containers
podman-docker.noarch : Emulate Docker CLI using podman
podman-manpages.noarch : Man pages for the podman commands
podman-plugins.x86_64 : Plugins for podman
podman-remote.x86_64 : A remote CLI for Podman: A Simple management tool for pods, containers and images
podman-tests.x86_64 : Tests for podman
python-podman-api.noarch : Podman API
python3-podman.noarch : RESTful API for Podman
==================================================== Name Matched: podman
podman-catatonit.x86_64 : A signal-forwarding process manager for containers
podman-gvproxy.x86_64 : Go replacement for libslirp and VPNKit
====================================== Summary Matched: podman
toolbox.x86_64 : Script to launch privileged container with podman
toolbox.noarch : Script to launch privileged container with podman
[root@192 ~]# podman --version --> To Check podman version
podman version 4.9.4-rhel
[root@192 ~]# podman ps -a --->To Check image running or not or, to check running or existed container
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
or,
[root@192 ~]# podman ps --> To check running container
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
[root@192 ~]# podman image list / ls -->To check image
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
[root@192 ~]# podman network ls -->To Check/show network list
NETWORK ID NAME DRIVER
2f259bab93aa podman bridge
[root@192 ~]# podman volume ls ---> To check/show volumes list
Go to the site,
https://hub.docker.com/ --> Create Account -->Check Visibility (public/private)
In search bar, type nginx
[root@192 ~]# systemctl status nginx --> To check nginx status
Unit nginx.service could not be found.
if nginx is running
[root@192 ~]# systemctl disable nginx
[root@192 ~]# systemctl stop nginx
To pull image
[root@192 ~]# podman pull nginx
--> podman pull <imagename> eg podman pull mysql podman pull mariadb
Select docker.io/library/nginx:latest
[root@192 ~]# podman image ls -->list of image
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
docker.io/library/nginx latest eaf6f386053e 3 days ago 165 MB
To Run in container
[root@192 ~]# podman run --name test nginx
In another terminal,
[root@192 ~]# curl 127.0.0.1
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 80: Connection refused
Need to map port
[root@192 ~]# podman run --name test11 -p 8080:80 nginx
in another shell, [root@192 ~]# podman ps
In browser
[root@192 ~]#systemctl stop firewalld
Console doesnot return so press ctrl+c
In another shell,
[root@192 ~]# podman ps
In browser,
Solution: run in background
[root@192 ~]# podman run --name test3 -d -p 8080:80 nginx
810e5930313bbfc57b25c428cc425a0e9502d462abfa7a34e7556179752e9b23
[root@192 ~]# systemctl stop firewalld
[root@192 ~]# podman ps
In browser
[root@192 ~]# podman ps -a
To remove container -->podman containe tm <container name>
[root@192 ~]# podman container rm test11 -->remove all container except test3
test11
[root@192 ~]# podman ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
47ee0c6288a9 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 2 hours ago Exited (0) About an hour ago test
0e6799e84cb2 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... About an hour ago Exited (0) About an hour ago testt
828b8dd0e648 docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... About an hour ago Exited (0) About an hour ago 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp test1
810e5930313b docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp test3
[root@192 ~]#podman exec -it test3 bash -->exec (executable), -it (interactive mode)
To replace nginx with your name
root@810e5930313b:/# cd /etc/nginx/conf.d/
root@810e5930313b:/etc/nginx/conf.d# ls
default.conf
root@810e5930313b:/etc/nginx/conf.d# cat default.conf
root@810e5930313b:/etc/nginx/conf.d# cd /usr/share/nginx/html/
root@810e5930313b:/usr/share/nginx/html# ls
50x.html index.html
root@810e5930313b:/usr/share/nginx/html# echo "hello Centos" > index.html
In browser,
root@810e5930313b:~# exit
exit
[root@192 ~]# firewall-cmd --list-all
FirewallD is not running
if running
[root@192 ~]# systemctl stop firewalld
[root@192 ~]# podman ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
810e5930313b docker.io/library/nginx:latest nginx -g daemon o... About an hour ago Up About an hour 0.0.0.0:8080->80/tcp test3
[root@192 ~]# podman container stop test3
test3
[root@192 ~]# podman container rm test3
test3
