description: Introduction to the tutorials section
keywords: [podman desktop, podman, tutorial]
tags: [podman-desktop, tutorial]
---
# Introduction
These tutorials cover end-to-end tasks that you must perform to accomplish a goal while working with the Podman Desktop application. Each task is a procedure that contains a sequence of steps to follow.
1.**Left navigation pane**: Helps in accessing the dashboard and managing containers, images, pods, volumes, Kubernetes resources, and extensions. You can apply different actions from each component page.
:::note
The Kubernetes explorer component appears in the navigation pane only if you have set up a Kubernetes cluster.
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2.**Accounts**: Provides easy access to the **Authentication** settings. You can add an authentication provider using the **Red Hat Authentication** extension.
3.**Settings**: Helps you to:
- Create resources for your development environment
- Configure proxy URLs
- Configure a registry for secure storage and distribution of containers and cloud-native artifacts
- Configure an authentication provider
- Configure a CLI tool
- Configure a Kubernetes context
- Configure the application appearance, extensions, the terminal size and line height, and the telemetry feature.
4.**Status bar**: Provides the following capabilities:
- Configure a Docker-compatible environment
- Set your kubernetes context
- Share your feedback
- Troubleshoot your container connections and view logs
- View notifications and additional help resources
## List of tutorials
- [Running a pod using a container or docker file](/tutorial/running-a-pod-using-a-container-docker-file)
