10 Podman guides that show the container engine's evolution in 2022

The year 2022 consolidated Podman as a great option to manage and run containers on your local machine. Podman is an open source container engine that started as a daemonless feature-compatible alternative to Docker. This year, it added many features that improve the user experience and flexibility to handle various container use cases.

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Enable Sysadmin's top 10 Podman articles of 2022 highlight these features and improvements. If you're still on the fence about using Podman, look at this list to learn why you should try it. For seasoned Podman users, this list contains some great pieces that will make you jump to the next level.

Top 10 Podman articles of 2022

• Run Podman on Windows: How-to instructions by Tom Sweeney: Not a Linux user? No problem. Run Podman on Windows by following Tom's instructions.
• Container permission denied: How to diagnose this error by Dan Walsh: This piece explores the most common causes for permission errors when running your containers.
• How to replace Docker with Podman on a Mac by Dave Meurer: Not Linux or Windows? Also not a problem. Run Podman on a Mac following Dave's guide.
• Podman Compose or Docker Compose: Which should you use in Podman? by Matthew Heon: Understand the differences between Podman Compose and Docker Compose and which cases are better suited for each with Matthew's article.
• How to use Podman to get information about your containers by Alexon Oliveira: Follow this guide to learn about Podman options and how to use templates to extract additional information about your containers.
• How Podman can transfer container images without a registry by Charlie Doern: Charlie's article explains how to use the powerful command podman image scp to transfer container images between different users and different systems without requiring access to a container registry.
• Podman 4.0's new network stack: What you need to know by Matthew Heon: Explore the features and improvements of Podman's new network stack with Matthew's article—his second on this list.
• How to run pods as systemd services with Podman by Valentin Rothberg: Two of Podman's best features—pods and systemd integration—come together in this fantastic article.
• How Podman can extract a container's external IP address by Alexon Oliveira: Alexon's second piece on this list dives deep into Podman's rootful and rootless container networking.
• 5 Podman features to try now by Dan Walsh: To wrap up, Dan Walsh's second appearance in this list explores five cool Podman features that significantly improve the user experience.

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Wrap up

Even though I've been using Podman exclusively for over three years, I've learned a lot by reading these articles. I hope you will, too. If you know Podman (or other sysadmin) tips and tricks, consider sharing by writing for Enable Sysadmin. Join our community and continue the tradition of knowledge sharing that makes the Linux ecosystem great.