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Podman 6: New Dual-Purpose MSI Installer Explained
Read more: Podman 6: New Dual-Purpose MSI Installer ExplainedPodman 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
Read more: Hyper-V Machines for Unprivileged UsersFor 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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Automatic CA Certificate Import in Podman 6
Read more: Automatic CA Certificate Import in Podman 6With the release of Podman 6.0, an improvement for enterprise users and developers behind corporate proxies is the new automatic import of host certificates for the Podman machine.
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Podman 6 Release Delayed
Read more: Podman 6 Release DelayedAs we draw close to the release of Podman 6, our developers have been working hard to get the features we committed to last year as part of our High Level Design ready and merged upstream. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than expected. In particular, several important features (including a rework of our configuration file…
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Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo import paths
Read more: Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo import pathsSeveral of the containers projects are going to change their go import paths. Some of this work had been when we made the monorepo container-libs; where we moved storage, common, and image into a singular repository. The moves that are taking place now are not nearly as extreme and the motivations are also different. We…
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Accelerating Parallel Layer Creation
Read more: Accelerating Parallel Layer CreationEarlier this year, my colleague Jan Rodak worked on Accelerating Parallel Layer Removal. It worked out so well that we wanted to tackle the other side of the problem: Layer Creation. Layer creation is even slower than removal as we must write all data to disk and not just just unlink files so there is…
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Podman 6: machine usability improvements
Read more: Podman 6: machine usability improvementsI wanted to introduce a significant change we are making in Podman 6 for our machine function. To understand the problem and change, we first need to establish that Podman machine is based on a concept of providers. The provider is a generic term that describes how Podman runs the Linux virtual machine. The following…
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Disturbances in the force …
Read more: Disturbances in the force …Podman 6 development is under way. Last week, we began the release process for Podman 5.7. At the same time, we switched our main branch over to version `6.0.0-dev`. We anticipate delivering Podman 6 in early 2026. Learn more by following our upstream development for the exciting changes and expect more from us as we…
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Unlocking Speed: Accelerating Parallel Layer Removal in Podman v5.6
Read more: Unlocking Speed: Accelerating Parallel Layer Removal in Podman v5.6Container images are fundamentally structured as a series of read-only layers, with a writable layer typically added on top when a container instance is created. This layered architecture facilitates efficient storage and distribution by allowing multiple images to share common base layers. However, removing a layer, especially one that multiple images or containers might reference,…
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Podman 5.5.1, Buildah-1.40.1 released
Read more: Podman 5.5.1, Buildah-1.40.1 releasedYesterday our team released a new version of Podman: Podman-5.5.1. This release is a bug fix release only and fixed about a dozen or so problems including two in our RESTFul API. Check out the release notes for specifics on what was changed. You can also download installers and binaries from the release page as…
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