Installing Podman on an Ubuntu Server

Here are the short instructions to install Podman on an Ubuntu server and run an NGINX Docker Compose file in detached mode, exposing NGINX on port 8080.

1. Install Podman:

ssh nickm@10.154.2.56

sudo su -

mkdir /opt/podman/ -p

cd /opt/podman

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install podman -y

# validate podman
podmn -v

2. Install Podman-Compose:

sudo apt install python3-pip -y

sudo pip3 install podman-compose

3. Create Docker Compose File:

nano docker-compose.yml

Add the following content to expose NGINX on port 8080:

version: '3'
services:
  nginx:
    image: nginx:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:80"

4. Run Podman Compose in Detached Mode:

podman-compose up -d

5. Open NGINX in Browser:

Once the container is running, access NGINX by opening the following URL in your browser:
http://10.154.2.56:8080