How to use docker-compose with Podman on Linux

Posted by linuxer on Apr 29, 2024 1:59 PM EDT
linuxconfig.org; By Egidio Docile
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Podman is a free and open source alternative to Docker, created by Red Hat. Although Docker is probably more widespread, to the point that it became a synonym for “containers”, from a technical point of view, Podman is superior: it was designed, right from the start, to be daemonless, it is able to run without the need for root privileges, and is better integrated in the Linux environment. One of the things which potentially prevented many to migrate from Docker to Podman, was the lack of a full-fledged Podman equivalent for docker-compose. By creating a layer of compatibility between Podman and Docker, it is now actually possible to user docker-compose as if it was a Podman native tool.

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