Larvitz  11h ago

Running Podman  in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit.

I just published a deep dive on managing OCI containers the Unix way: daemonless, rootless, and natively integrated with systemd via Quadlets.

I cover:
- Real secrets management
- Auto-updates via systemd timers
- The Docker compatibility layer

This is the guide I wish I had when making the switch.

Read it here: https://blog.hofstede.it/podman-in-production-quadlets-secrets-auto-updates-and-docker-compatibility/

#Podman #Linux #DevOps #Systemd #Homelab #Sysadmin #Containers

Podman in Production: Quadlets, Secrets, Auto-Updates, and Docker Compatibility

An opinionated production-ops guide to Podman on Linux servers - why I prefer it over Docker, how Quadlets replace Compose files, and practical patterns from real deployments including secrets mana...

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Show threadmmu_man
@Larvitz been wondering about switching to either podman or libvirt for the plain LXC things I have on a server, because some other admins are not used to it and want GUI tools, but I suppose that means migrating… ?
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Show threadLarvitz  10h ago
@mmu_man For GUIs, there's Podman Desktop (https://podman-desktop.io) and also the web-based Cockpit Client for Podman (https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman)
Podman Desktop - Containers and Kubernetes | Podman Desktop

Podman Desktop - An open source graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes

Show threadmmu_man10h ago
@Larvitz yeah but it won't keep containers as is I guess, so I won't be able to keep using lxc commands directly…
Show threadLarvitz  10h ago
@mmu_man Yeah for sure. LXC and Podman are different technologies.
Show threadoldsysops9h ago
@[email protected] #proxmox have a gui and can spin off lxc container no ?
Show threadmmu_man9h ago
@oldsysops not sure, I'll have to check that