Podman Role

Installs and configures Podman for container management with support for Docker Compose compatibility.

Features

Installs Podman, podman-compose, and crun (OCI runtime)
Configurable logging backend (journald or k8s-file)
Container registry search configuration
Shared projects directory for Kubernetes YAML files

Container Logging

journald (default):

Logs sent to systemd journal
View: journalctl CONTAINER_NAME=<name> -f

k8s-file:

Logs stored as JSON files with automatic rotation
Configured via podman_log_max_size and podman_log_max_files

Switch via podman_log_driver variable.

Hands-on Commands

# View container logs (journald)
journalctl CONTAINER_NAME=immich_server -f

# View container logs (k8s-file)
podman logs -f immich_server

# Check log driver
podman info --format '{{.Host.LogDriver}}'

# Inspect container log config
podman inspect <container> | jq '.[0].HostConfig.LogConfig'

# Test configuration
podman run --rm alpine echo "OK"

# Play Kubernetes YAML
podman play kube --replace /path/to/pod.yaml

# Stop pod
podman play kube --down /path/to/pod.yaml

# List pods
podman pod ls

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Podman Role

Features

Container Logging

Hands-on Commands

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