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Rootless Podman: Preserving Source IPs
Rootless Podman has a long-standing limitation reported since 2020: containers on bridge networks can’t see the real source IP of incoming connections. The `rootlessport` userspace proxy rewrites the source to the container’s own subnet address, breaking IP-based access control, logging, and rate limiting. Pesto, a new companion tool from the passt project solves this. Pesto…
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Podman 6.1.0: Volume Renaming, Machine Restarts, and a Long List of Bug Fixes
Podman 6.1.0 is here, and while it’s not a flashy release, it’s the kind of update that quietly makes day-to-day container work smoother. This release focuses on rounding out long-requested quality-of-life commands, tightening up podman machine reliability across Windows, macOS, and WSL, and squashing a healthy batch of bugs in Quadlet, healthchecks, and the API…
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Podman Container Tools Grows
As part of the Podman 6.0 release, we’ve moved Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo into a new GitHub organization owned by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). For most people, the most visible part of this is that the old repositories in the github.com/containers organization now redirect to https://github.com/podman-container-tools, but we’ve also made some other changes…
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Podman 6: New Dual-Purpose MSI Installer Explained
Podman 6 introduces a revamped Windows installer, allowing users to install without administrative privileges, simplifying enterprise usage. The transition to a Dual-Purpose MSI package improves reliability by separating virtualization setup from the installer. Additionally, compatibility with community package managers like Scoop and Chocolatey enhances user experience. Feedback is encouraged for further improvements.
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Hyper-V Machines for Unprivileged Users
For Windows users on Hyper-V, certain common tasks, such as machine creation and removal, required a trip to the IT help desk for administrative approval. With the upcoming release of Podman 6, we are breaking down this barrier. After an initial setup performed by an admin, it will be possible to manage Hyper-V-based Podman machines…
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THE CONTAINER TOOLS COLLECTION
Here’s some of the tools we work on.
There’s other tools and libraries we work on.
View our GitHub organization for the full list.
Join Our Community
We have an active community. Most of our community communication channels are around Podman, but we definitely welcome anyone with an interest in containers or any of our tools.
Here are the chats where you will find our community:
We hold also community meetings around once a month and have a mailing list for additional discussion.
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