Work as root (sudo -i), so ~ is /root, and use Podman as root. Answers go in /root/lab-answers/<task>. The VM needs internet access to install Podman and pull images. Docker Hub limits anonymous pulls; if you hit the limit, mirror.gcr.io/library/NAME is the same image as docker.io/library/NAME. The lab notes whether Podman is installed; reset removes what the tasks create, and Podman too if the lab didn't find it. Containers stop at a reboot, so run le-lab check before you reboot.

Tasks

Install Podman, run nginx in a container with -p 8080:80, and reach it with curl from the VM. Look at its logs and open a shell in it with exec. Leave it running.
Write a Dockerfile in ~/mysite for a static page served by nginx, build it, tag it mysite:1.0, and run it with -p 8081:80. Leave it running.
Run PostgreSQL with a named volume: podman run -d --name db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret -v dbdata:/var/lib/postgresql docker.io/library/postgres:18. Create a table with podman exec -it db psql -U postgres, remove the container, start a new one named db with the same volume, and check the table is still there. Leave the new one running.
Run podman run --rm alpine ps and see the container's process list start at PID 1. Write the command running as PID 1 to /root/lab-answers/4.

Hints

dnf install podman / apt install podman. Full image names such as docker.io/library/nginx work everywhere; short names like nginx depend on the registries configured.
podman run -d --name web -p 8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx, curl localhost:8080, podman logs web, podman exec -it web sh.
FROM docker.io/library/nginx and COPY index.html /usr/share/nginx/html/; podman build -t mysite:1.0 ~/mysite, podman images.
In psql: CREATE TABLE notes (id int, text text);, \dt, \q. podman rm -f db, podman volume ls. PostgreSQL takes a few seconds to start.
podman run --rm docker.io/library/alpine ps.