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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="installing-podman-desktop">Installing Podman Desktop<a href="#installing-podman-desktop" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Installing Podman Desktop" title="Direct link to Installing Podman Desktop"></a></h2>
<p>To install Podman Desktop:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p><a href="/downloads/windows">Download the Windows installer</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To start the Podman Desktop installer, open the downloaded file.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="Podman Desktop Setup installing" src="/assets/images/podman-desktop-setup-installing-1364ba0c57da6f44684d0fd8b76e106b.png" width="479" height="192" class="img_SS3x"></p>
</li>
</ol>
<details class="details_IpIu alert alert--info details_jERq" data-collapsed="true"><summary><p>Alternate installation methods:</p><ul>
<li>Silent Windows installer</li>
<li>Chocolatey</li>
<li>Scoop</li>
<li>Winget</li>
</ul></summary><div><div class="collapsibleContent_Fd2D"><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="silent-windows-installer">Silent Windows installer<a href="#silent-windows-installer" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Silent Windows installer" title="Direct link to Silent Windows installer"></a></h4><ol>
<li>
<p><a href="/downloads/windows">Download the Windows installer</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>To install without user interaction, run the Windows installer with the silent flag <code>/S</code> from the Command Prompt:</p>
<div class="language-shell-session codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-shell-session codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token output">&gt; podman-desktop-1.6.4-setup-x64.exe /S</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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</ol><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="chocolatey">Chocolatey<a href="#chocolatey" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Chocolatey" title="Direct link to Chocolatey"></a></h4><ol>
<li>
<p>Install the <a href="https://chocolatey.org/install" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chocolatey package manager</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Install from the terminal:</p>
<div class="language-shell-session codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-shell-session codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token output">&gt; choco install podman-desktop</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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</ol><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="scoop-package-manager-for-windows">Scoop package manager for Windows<a href="#scoop-package-manager-for-windows" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Scoop package manager for Windows" title="Direct link to Scoop package manager for Windows"></a></h4><ol>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Install#readme" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Install the Scoop package manager</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Install from the terminal:</p>
<div class="language-shell-session codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-shell-session codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token output">&gt; scoop bucket add extras</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token output">&gt; scoop install podman-desktop</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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</ol><h4 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="winget">Winget<a href="#winget" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Winget" title="Direct link to Winget"></a></h4><ol>
<li>
<p><a href="https://aka.ms/getwinget" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Install the Winget Package manager for Windows</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Install from the terminal:</p>
<div class="language-shell-session codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-shell-session codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token output">&gt; winget install -e --id RedHat.Podman-Desktop</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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</ol></div></div></details>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="installing-podman">Installing Podman<a href="#installing-podman" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Installing Podman" title="Direct link to Installing Podman"></a></h2>
<p>On Windows, running the Podman container engine requires running a Linux distribution on a virtual machine.</p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="use-wsl2-as-machine-provider">Use WSL2 as machine provider<a href="#use-wsl2-as-machine-provider" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Use WSL2 as machine provider" title="Direct link to Use WSL2 as machine provider"></a></h3>
<p>Podman Desktop creates a <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about#what-is-wsl-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2)</a> virtual machine: the Podman Machine.</p>
<p>Main benefits are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ease of use.</li>
<li>WSL 2 native virtualization performance.</li>
</ul>
<p>Check that your environment has:</p>
<ul>
<li>6 GB RAM for the Podman Machine.</li>
<li>Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2) prerequisites. See <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Enabling WSL 2</a>, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/basic-commands" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WSL basic commands</a>, and <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/troubleshooting#error-0x80370102-the-virtual-machine-could-not-be-started-because-a-required-feature-is-not-installed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Troubleshooting WSL 2</a>:<!-- -->
<ul>
<li>The Windows user has administrator privileges.</li>
<li>Windows 64bit.</li>
<li>Windows 10 Build 19043 or greater, or Windows 11.</li>
<li>On a virtual machine: <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/user-guide/nested-virtualization#configure-nested-virtualization" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nested Virtualization enabled</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>To install the Podman Machine:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>To prepare your system, enable the WSL feature, without installing the default Ubuntu distribution of Linux.</p>
<p>Open the Command Prompt, and run:.</p>
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</li>
<li>
<p>Restart your computer.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The <strong>Dashboard</strong> screen displays: <em><svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" data-prefix="fas" data-icon="info" class="svg-inline--fa fa-info fa-lg" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 192 512"><path fill="currentColor" d="M48 80a48 48 0 1 1 96 0A48 48 0 1 1 48 80zM0 224c0-17.7 14.3-32 32-32l64 0c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32l0 224 32 0c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32s-14.3 32-32 32L32 512c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32l32 0 0-192-32 0c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32z"></path></svg> Podman needs to be set up</em>.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="Podman needs set up screen" src="/assets/images/dashboard-podman-needs-set-up-c4b3ae1664f8cd2764af6579522285f5.png" width="1920" height="1029" class="img_SS3x"></p>
<p>Click the <strong>Set up</strong> button.</p>
<p>Review and validate all confirmation screens to set up the Podman Machine.</p>
<p>When necessary, follow the instructions to install system prerequisites.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>To verify that Podman is set up:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>In the <strong>Dashboard</strong>, the <strong>Podman</strong> tile displays <em>Podman is running</em>.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="Podman is running screen" src="/assets/images/dashboard-podman-is-running-1c39ff05daf8b1b57c773f1bc33b150b.png" width="1920" height="1029" class="img_SS3x"></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="use-hyper-v-as-machine-provider">Use Hyper-V as machine provider<a href="#use-hyper-v-as-machine-provider" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Use Hyper-V as machine provider" title="Direct link to Use Hyper-V as machine provider"></a></h3>
<p>In order to tell podman to use Hyper-V when creating a podman machine, one needs to setup either:</p>
<ul>
<li>environment variable: <code>CONTAINERS_MACHINE_PROVIDER=hyperv</code> on the terminal session or as system environment variable.
OR</li>
<li>configure containers.conf file attribute provider before creating a machine, the file might be placed under <code>AppData</code>: <code>C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\containers\containers.conf</code></li>
</ul>
<div class="language-powershell codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-powershell codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">cat C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\containers\containers.conf</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">[machine]</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">provider = &quot;hyperv&quot;</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">...</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
<p>Succesfull setup should show string like this in the start up log:</p>
<div class="codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">time=&quot;2023-05-09T21:16:08+03:00&quot; level=debug msg=&quot;Using Podman machine with `hyperv` virtualization provider&quot;</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
<p>Full example then could looks like this, open powershell with admin provileges:</p>
<div class="codeBlockContainer_mQmQ theme-code-block" style="--prism-color:#F8F8F2;--prism-background-color:#282A36"><div class="codeBlockContent_D5yF"><pre tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_RMoD thin-scrollbar" style="color:#F8F8F2;background-color:#282A36"><code class="codeBlockLines_AclH"><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">PS C:\Windows\system32&gt; $env:CONTAINERS_MACHINE_PROVIDER = &#x27;hyperv&#x27;</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">PS C:\Windows\system32&gt; $env:CONTAINERS_MACHINE_PROVIDER</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">hyperv</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"># or alternatively</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"># [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(&#x27;CONTAINERS_MACHINE_PROVIDER&#x27;,&#x27;hyperv&#x27;)</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain"># [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable(&#x27;CONTAINERS_MACHINE_PROVIDER)</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain" style="display:inline-block"></span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">podman machine init</span><br></span><span class="token-line" style="color:#F8F8F2"><span class="token plain">podman machine start</span><br></span></code></pre><div class="buttonGroup_aaMX"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title="Copy" class="clean-btn"><span class="copyButtonIcons_z5j7" aria-hidden="true"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonIcon_FoOz"><path fill="currentColor" d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"></path></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="copyButtonSuccessIcon_L0B6"><path fill="currentColor" d="M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z"></path></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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