How to Install Podman on Fedora CoreOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will be installing Podman on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS. Podman is an open-source container management tool that allows you to manage your containers without needing a daemon. Fedora CoreOS is a minimal operating system designed for running containerized workloads.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you will need:

  • A machine running the latest version of Fedora CoreOS(more recent than 29)
  • Access to the Terminal or command line interface

Step 1: Update Your System

It’s always a good idea to update your system before installing new software. Open the terminal and enter the following command:

sudo rpm-ostree upgrade

This command will update your system to the latest version.

Step 2: Install Podman on Fedora CoreOS

Fedora CoreOS uses the toolbox command to create a container for installing and managing software. To install Podman, we will create a toolbox container and install Podman inside it.

Enter the following command to create a toolbox container:

toolbox create -c mycontainer

This command will create a container named mycontainer. You can replace mycontainer with any name of your choice.

Enter the following command to start the container:

toolbox enter -c mycontainer

This command will start the mycontainer container and open a shell prompt inside it.

Next, enter the following command to install Podman:

sudo dnf install podman

This command will install Podman and all its dependencies inside the container.

Exit the container by running the exit command.

Step 3: Use Podman

Now that we have installed Podman, we can use it to manage our containers. To test if Podman is installed, enter the following command:

podman version

This command should output the version of Podman that you installed.

You can now use Podman to manage your containers on Fedora CoreOS.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Podman on Fedora CoreOS. We created a toolbox container and installed Podman inside it. We tested if Podman is installed and ready to be used. With Podman installed, you can now manage your containers without needing a daemon.