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Managing Containers on RHEL 8 Using podman

In this lab, you're an otherwise experienced systems operator who has been tasked with working through how root-less containers can be configured on your server. You'll be querying for what container images are available, pulling container images, performaing basic operations on them, monitoring the state and operation of the containers, and testing for running services on the containers. You'll then configure the user environment for running a container as a `systemd` service, pull and execute a container with custom parameters, and then generate a custom `systemd` service unit and enable it to run automatically on system boot. Finally, you'll test that everything is set for being persistent upon reboot, then reboot and verify that the custom `systemd` service is verifiably persistent, and monitor it briefly for continued function. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 01, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Install Container Tools and Get Container Info

    1. Install the container tools.
    2. Verify tool installation.
    3. Query available container images.
    4. Query local image state.

  2. Challenge

    Pull, Run, and Remove a Container Image

    1. Pull a container image from an online repo.
    2. Verify the local image.
    3. Run the image as a container and query it's status.
    4. Remove the running container.
    5. Remove the container image.

  3. Challenge

    Configure and Run a `httpd` Container On-Demand

    1. Query a container's particulars before pulling it.
    2. Run the Container On-Demand with altered configuration.
    3. Test the container is running and answering queries.
    4. Monitor your container's running state briefly.

  4. Challenge

    Configure a Container as a `systemd` Service with Persistent Storage

    1. Set up a user to run containers via systemd.
    2. Run a web service container with customer parameters.
    3. Generate a systemd service unit from the container.
    4. Run and verify the container as a systemd service.
    5. Reboot and verify the service and container are persistent.
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