<![CDATA[Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit.]]>Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit.

I just published a deep dive on managing OCI containers the Unix way: daemonless, rootless, and natively integrated with systemd via Quadlets.

I cover:
- Real secrets management
- Auto-updates via systemd timers
- The Docker compatibility layer

This is the guide I wish I had when making the switch.

Read it here: https://blog.hofstede.it/podman-in-production-quadlets-secrets-auto-updates-and-docker-compatibility/

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~/.config/systemd/user/ is for systmd units (podman generate systemd). That was the old way to do it.

~/.config/containers/systemd/ is for Quadlet files, the modern way to describe containers declaratively:

podman-systemd.unit — Podman documentation

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(docs.podman.io)

Quadlets files are similar to Systemd units and describe a container with all it's attributes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/Larvitz/statuses/116352711985443930https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/Larvitz/statuses/116352711985443930Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:05:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:59:03 GMT]]>@mmu_man Yeah for sure. LXC and Podman are different technologies.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/Larvitz/statuses/116352689368928787https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/Larvitz/statuses/116352689368928787Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:59:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:58:25 GMT]]>@Larvitz yeah but it won't keep containers as is I guess, so I won't be able to keep using lxc commands directly…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/116352686832799514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/116352686832799514Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:58:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:57:13 GMT]]>@mmu_man For GUIs, there's Podman Desktop (https://podman-desktop.io) and also the web-based Cockpit Client for Podman (https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit-podman)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/Larvitz/statuses/116352682119909461https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burningboard.net/users/Larvitz/statuses/116352682119909461Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:57:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:55:16 GMT]]>@Larvitz been wondering about switching to either podman or libvirt for the plain LXC things I have on a server, because some other admins are not used to it and want GUI tools, but I suppose that means migrating… ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/116352674449675571https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.g3l.org/users/mmu_man/statuses/116352674449675571Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:55:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Running Podman in production for years now, and I don't miss the Docker daemon one bit. on Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:48:18 GMT]]>@Larvitz I'm in a similar place with podman and I love that guide. You introduce everything I like about podman and quadlets in such a nice way, thank you!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/moreentropy/statuses/116352411142260079https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/moreentropy/statuses/116352411142260079Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:48:18 GMT