• configure files
• rootless mode
  • enable rootless_storage_path
  • enable kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone
  • setup subuid and subgid
  • propagate changes to subuid and subgid
• Q&A
  • error creating tmpdir: mkdir /run/user/1001: permission denied
  • add pause to process

configure files

• short-name-aliases.conf

  $ cat $HOME/.cache/containers/short-name-aliases.conf
  [aliases]
    "jenkins/jenkins" = "docker.io/jenkins/jenkins"
  

• storage.conf

  # original version
  $ cat /etc/containers/storage.conf |  sed -e '/^#/ d' -e '/^$/ d'
  [storage]
  driver = "overlay"
  runroot = "/run/containers/storage"
  graphroot = "/var/lib/containers/storage"
  [storage.options]
  additionalimagestores = [
  ]
  [storage.options.overlay]
  mountopt = "nodev,metacopy=on"
  [storage.options.thinpool]
  

• registries.conf

  $ cat /etc/containers/registries.conf |  sed -e '/^#/ d' -e '/^$/ d'
  unqualified-search-registries = ["registry.fedoraproject.org", "registry.access.redhat.com", "registry.centos.org", "docker.io"]
  short-name-mode = "permissive"
  

• policy.json

  $ cat /etc/containers/policy.json
  {
      "default": [
          {
              "type": "insecureAcceptAnything"
          }
      ],
      "transports": {
          "docker": {
              "registry.access.redhat.com": [
                  {
                      "type": "signedBy",
                      "keyType": "GPGKeys",
                      "keyPath": "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release"
                  }
              ],
              "registry.redhat.io": [
                  {
                      "type": "signedBy",
                      "keyType": "GPGKeys",
                      "keyPath": "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release"
                  }
              ]
          },
          "docker-daemon": {
              "": [
                  {
                      "type": "insecureAcceptAnything"
                  }
              ]
          }
      }
  }
  

rootless mode

enable rootless_storage_path

$ grep rootless_storage_path /etc/containers/storage.conf
rootless_storage_path = "$HOME/.local/share/containers/storage"

$ /usr/bin/podman system migrate

• or

  $ cat -n /etc/subgid
       1  marslo:336370:65536
  $ cat -n /etc/subuid
       1  marslo:336370:65536
  
  $ /usr/bin/podman system migrate
  

enable kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone

$ sysctl kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone

setup subuid and subgid

[!NOTE] Rootless mode Podman can also be used as non-root user. When podman runs in rootless mode, a user namespace is automatically created for the user, defined in /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid

references:

• set subuid and subgid

$ sudo usermod --add-subuids 10000-75535 USERNAME
$ sudo usermod --add-subgids 10000-75535 USERNAME

# or
$ sudo usermod --add-subuids 100000-165535 --add-subgids 100000-165535 username

# or
$ echo USERNAME:10000:65536 >> /etc/subuid
$ echo USERNAME:10000:65536 >> /etc/subgid

propagate changes to subuid and subgid

$ podman system migrate

Q&A

[!TIP] reference:

• podman : troubleshooting

error creating tmpdir: mkdir /run/user/1001: permission denied

• issue

  $ podman info
  WARN[0000] Conmon at /usr/libexec/podman/conmon invalid: outdated conmon version
  Error: error creating tmpdir: mkdir /run/user/1001: permission denied
  

• solution

  [!INFO|label:references:]

  • podman info, error creating tmpdir: mkdir /run/user/1007: permission denied
  • loginctl enable-linger my_ci_user
  • containers terminate on shell logout

  $ sudo loginctl enable-linger $(whoami)
  

  • infomation check

    $ loginctl
    SESSION   UID USER   SEAT  TTY
          2 33637 marslo
         c1    42 gdm    seat0 tty1
    
    $ podman unshare cat /proc/self/uid_map
    WARN[0000] Conmon at /usr/libexec/podman/conmon invalid: outdated conmon version
    Error: error creating tmpdir: mkdir /run/user/1001: permission denie
    

add pause to process

$ sudo echo +cpu +cpuset +io +memory +pids > /sys/fs/cgroup/cgroup.subtree_control