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Onboarding for container workloads

To run container workloads, set up at least one container engine.

Podman Desktop does not automatically set up container engine resources that you might not need.

Procedure​

  1. Select a container engine supporting your workload.

    WorkloadPodmanNative DockerDocker Desktop
    Rootless containers✅ yes✅ yes❌ no
    Rootful containers✅ yes✅ yes✅ yes
    Compose✅ yes✅ yes✅ yes
    Pods✅ yes❌ no❌ no

    Podman supports rootless container and pods, in addition to rootful containers and Compose.

  2. Select an execution environment supporting your container engine and your operating system.

    • Select a Podman execution environment:

      Host operating systemNative containersPodman MachineLima instance
      Windows❌ no✅ yes❌ experimental
      macOS❌ no✅ yes✅ yes
      Linux✅ yes❌ disabled in Podman Desktop✅ yes

    • Select a Docker execution environment:

      Host operating systemNative containersDocker DesktopLima instance
      Windows❌ no✅ yes❌ experimental
      macOS❌ no✅ yes✅ yes
      Linux✅ yes✅ yes✅ yes

  3. Setup your container engine.