Rootless Podman on an Anubiz Offshore VPS
Podman is the daemonless container runtime that runs rootless by default and integrates natively with systemd. On an Anubiz VPS it is a clean replacement for Docker if you can stomach the small compose ecosystem differences. This guide installs Podman, configures a user account with systemd units (quadlet), and shows the gotchas around networking and port binding.
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Step 1: Install
apt install podman on Ubuntu 24.04. Newer Podman from Kubic OBS if needed.
Step 2: User Setup
Login as luis, loginctl enable-linger luis. Subuid/subgid auto-allocated.
Step 3: Run a Container
podman run -d --name web -p 8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx. podman ps.
Step 4: Quadlet Units
Drop ~/.config/containers/systemd/web.container with quadlet syntax. systemctl --user daemon-reload. systemctl --user start web. Systemd manages it like any other unit.
Step 5: Compose
podman-compose or docker-compose with DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock works for most files.
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