podman

Overview

The podman driver is another kubernetes in container driver for minikube. similar to docker driver. The podman driver is experimental, and only supported on Linux and macOS (with a remote podman server).

Requirements

• Install Podman
• amd64 system

Try it with CRI-O container runtime.

minikube start --driver=podman --container-runtime=cri-o

experimental

This is an experimental driver. please use it only for experimental reasons. for a better kubernetes in container experience, use docker driver.

Install Podman

• Podman

Usage

Start a cluster using the podman driver:

minikube start --driver=podman

To make docker the default driver:

minikube config set driver podman

Known Issues

• Podman driver is not supported on non-amd64 architectures such as arm yet. For non-amd64 archs please use other drivers