# podman
Lightweight, rootless, daemonless containers

In general API is the same as docker

# rootless setup
Run podman under a user without sudo capability

See podman docs at https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md 

Enable lingering with `sudo loginctl enable-linger podmanuser` so services don't get killed when the podmanuser logs out


# run a container


# quadlet
Manage pods with systemd user unit files

Convert existing docker-compose with `podlet compose --pod`. Split output into configurations as given by podlet, and place under `$HOME/.config/containers/systemd`. Modify service files as needed, then run `systemctl --user daemon reload` to make the units available. To start the pods, run `systemctl --user start mypodname-pod` (start the main pod, which then starts other needed pods)

To manage podman user quadlets without logging in as the configured podman user, you can use `sudo systemctl -M podmanuser@ --user status mypodname-pod`

Source: Giacomo's blog at https://giacomo.coletto.io/blog/podman-quadlets/