Podman Rootless, daemonless container engine. Commands mirror Docker — substitute for . Running Containers For long-running services, use . For interactive sessions in headless environments: . Use with / / to skip prompts. Building Images Prefer over — it's the OCI convention. Pods — Shared Network Namespace Pods group containers so they communicate over localhost without network configuration: Networking & Secrets Health Checks Compose & Kubernetes Cleanup Constraints Rootless by default — binding to ports < 1024 requires subuid/subgid or No background daemon — containers are direct child pr…