Podman

Dagger can be used with any OCI-compatible container runtime, including Podman.

Prerequisites

Ensure that podman is installed and running on your system:

console

$ podman info
host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.41.4
  ...

:::warning Podman must be configured for rootful container execution. :::

You can install podman using the official instructions.

:::note Podman Desktop on Mac and RHEL 8.x users may need to additionally execute modprobe iptable_nat.

To access the virtual machine used by Podman Desktop on Mac, use the commands below:

console

# list podman machines
podman machine list

# log in to machine
podman machine ssh podman-machine-default

# execute command
sudo modprobe iptable_nat

:::

Example

console

$ podman ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                COMMAND                  CREATED       STATUS       PORTS                                         NAMES
$ dagger core version
v0.18.19
$ podman ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                COMMAND                  CREATED       STATUS       PORTS                                         NAMES
27d47c3d5a10   registry.dagger.io/engine:v0.18.19   "dagger-entrypoint.s…"   6 days ago    Up 4 hours                                                 dagger-engine-v0.18.19

Resources

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About Podman

Podman is a Docker-compatible tool to manage and run OCI containers.