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Was interested to see if Podman is a shiny new technology or a likely replacement of docker?
by richardpetersen 3y ago
Was interested to see if Podman is a shiny new technology or a likely replacement of docker?
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoFar from “shiny new”, but at this time the pace of development is such that there doesn’t exist a stable version that accepts bugfixes only, make of it what you will. As a development tool it’s awesome, and having no centralized daemon is sure a boon.
- bobmaxup 3y agoNew? It was released ~2018. Docker was released ~2013.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoPodman is a Docker implementation without the architectural bugs.
- j16sdiz 3y agoand twice the networking bugs
- WesolyKubeczek 3y agoIt has this awkward situation where CNI is old and boring and missing just a couple thing, while Netavark/Aardvark is the new shiny Wayland of container networking but can't handle half of the use cases CNI used to handle just fine. I wanted to have a separate network on a bridge, visible to the host, where IP addresses and DNS would be managed by a dedicated DHCP/DNS service (like what dnsmasq can do). Well imagine, unless you jump through a whole lot of hoops and use macvlan and whatnot, netavark just plain cannot do it. I heard one could make a netavark plugin quite easily, but interfaces for DNS and IPAM are missing from the puzzle.
- ThatMedicIsASpy 3y agoIt does has some quirks that is why I keep using docker for containers on servers. I do use podman daily in the form of distrobox since both the steam deck and my desktop are immutable systems.
- qudat 3y agoI really wanted to like immutable OS and Distrobox but I’ve run into so many issues and there are just some things that are significantly harder to do inside a container. Not to mention the subtle differences between podman and docker and it’s just too much tinkering for me when I’m trying to actively work on a project. As much as it pains me to say this, I think nixos might be my next path.