macOS, Podman Desktop and the Podman Machine: Pay Close Attention to the Podman Version

Using Podman as the standard tool requested by clients for running local containers outside of a Kubernetes environment, I decided to start the year by installing Podman Desktop on my company MacBook. Podman Desktop features a user interface (UI) similar to Docker Desktop, making it easier to manage containers and images. It also includes plugin management to extend its functionality, such as deploying containers on Kubernetes. After installing Podman Desktop version 1.15.0, I proceeded with the setup but encountered issues with the Podman machine (the virtual machine dedicated to running containers) which failed to start. There were no errors; it just hung during startup. ...

January 10, 2025 · 2 min · 264 words · Matteo Bisi

Resolving Podman Log Rotation Issues in CyberArk Conjur Container 12.9 Deployments

CyberArk Conjur is released as an appliance and distributed as container images to enable fast, error-free setup. The supported container runtimes include: Docker 20.10 or later Mirantis Container Runtime 20.10 Podman 3.x, 4.x While working with multiple Conjur environments in our labs and at customer sites, we noticed that log rotation (for Conjur, Nginx, cluster, etc.) did not function correctly on Podman, although it worked as expected on Docker. After some investigation with the excellent CyberArk support team, we identified the solution: ...

May 24, 2023 · 1 min · 181 words · Matteo Bisi