Rootless Containers with Podman

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Uses Podman 3.x on RHEL 8.4 to run rootless containers by configuring subuid/subgid, an extra user-network package and systemd unit files; builds a Home Assistant + Mosquitto stack that runs successfully with persistent config directories outside containers and easy backups. Reports concrete failures: NFS volume mounts fail for non-root (affecting miniDLNA), some crash-consistency cleanup after host power loss, and occasional need for podman system migrate/prune/reset for upgrades. Overall rootless works for many workloads but requires testing and workarounds.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:29Agenda
3. 5:54Why rootless containers?
4. 7:55Why Podman?
5. 8:31Why Should I Care?
6. 11:57Be the customer
7. 13:43Rootless Requirements
8. 15:34Rootless Options
9. 18:54Podman basics
10. 19:26Home Assistant
11. 24:06Hass container
12. 31:40Good/Bad/Frustrating
13. 34:10Troubleshooting
14. 34:52Upgrading Workloads
15. 35:20Upgrading Podman
16. 36:30Podman Maintenance
17. 37:43References

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