podman support

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * ENHANCEMENT: The `logs get` command will append original filename as suffix and will ask if files would be overwritten unless `-f` is specified.
 * ENHANCEMENT: For centos stream 8/9 installs, there is no more need to re-enable repos and sync distros.
 * ENHANCEMENT: All inventory instance listings in cloud will now show instance type in the last field.
+* ENHANCEMENT: Tested and documented podman backend support.
 
 #### 7.3.0
 * Volume command supports mounts on centos/amazon.

LATEST.md

@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ _Release Date: UNDEF_
 * ENHANCEMENT: The `logs get` command will append original filename as suffix and will ask if files would be overwritten unless `-f` is specified.
 * ENHANCEMENT: For centos stream 8/9 installs, there is no more need to re-enable repos and sync distros.
 * ENHANCEMENT: All inventory instance listings in cloud will now show instance type in the last field.
+* ENHANCEMENT: Tested and documented podman backend support.

README.md

@@ -28,16 +28,24 @@ See [this document](docs/building.md) for manually building AeroLab (not recomme
 
 ## Supported backends
 
-* Docker and Docker Desktop
+* Docker Native and Docker Desktop
   * on macOS
   * on Linux
   * on Windows
-* Podman as a service with official docker `docker-cli` command line tool
+* Podman Desktop
+   * Install Podman Desktop
+   * Use `docker` backend in aerolab
+   * Install full official `docker-cli`
+     * Example MacOS: `brew install docker-cli`
+     * Example Ubuntu: follow the [official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/), but instead of installing the full docker engine, just install `docker-ce-cli` package
+* Podman Native on Linux
   * Follow [podman documentation](https://podman.io/docs/installation) to install podman.
   * To install the full docker cli tool, follow the [official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/), but instead of installing the full docker engine, just install `docker-ce-cli` package.
   * Enable podman service with: `sudo systemctl enable --now podman.service podman.socket && sudo touch /etc/containers/nodocker`.
-* AWS
-* GCP
+  * Enable the docker repositories: `sudo vi /etc/containers/registries.conf` and ensure docker is listed on this line: `unqualified-search-registries = ["docker.io","localhost"]`.
+  * Use `docker` backend in aerolab
+* [AWS](docs/aws-setup.md)
+* [GCP](docs/gcp-setup.md)
 
 ## Routing to the containers using Docker Desktop
 

src/backendDocker.go

@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ func (d *backendDocker) Inventory(owner string, inventoryItems []int) (inventory
 				var i1, asdVer string
 				var i2 []string
 				i3 := []string{""}
+				tt[3] = strings.TrimPrefix(tt[3], "localhost/")
 				if i == 1 {
 					i1 = strings.TrimPrefix(tt[3], "aerolab-")
 					i2 = strings.Split(i1, "_")
@@ -442,6 +443,7 @@ func (d *backendDocker) ListTemplates() ([]backendVersion, error) {
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		t := scanner.Text()
 		repo := strings.Trim(strings.Split(t, ";")[0], "'\"")
+		repo = strings.TrimPrefix(repo, "localhost/")
 		if strings.Contains(repo, dockerNameHeader+"") {
 			if len(repo) > len(dockerNameHeader)+2 {
 				repo = repo[len(dockerNameHeader):]