Install Podman on M1 Mac

install_podman_m1_mac.md

Steps

1. Download and install podman from https://github.com/containers/podman/releases. Remember to use the arm verison.

2. Configure OSX machine provider config to use apple's hypervisor

   mkdir -p ~/.config/containers
   tee ~/.config/containers/containers.conf 1> /dev/null <<EOF
   [containers]
   
   [engine]
   
   [machine]
     provider = "applehv"
   
   [network]
   
   [secrets]
   
   [configmaps]
   
   [farms]
   EOF

3. Install a required helper to allow podman to utilize the applehv machine provider

   brew tap cfergeau/crc
   brew install vfkit

4. Initialize podman: podman machine init --cpus 5 --memory 6144

5. Install podman mac helper: sudo podman-mac-helper install

6. Create a dummy docker file for compatibility

   sudo tee /usr/local/bin/docker 1> /dev/null <<EOF
   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   [ -e /etc/containers/nodocker ] ||
   echo "Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg." >&2
   exec podman "\$@"
   EOF
   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker

7. Install Docker Compose

   2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null brew install docker-compose
   mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
   ln -sfn /opt/homebrew/opt/docker-compose/bin/docker-compose ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose

8. Start podman: podman machine start