Podman Training
Daemonless containers, from primitives to production.
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23 sections follow a workload from container primitives to a production deployment: rootless operation, images and Buildah, netavark and pasta networking, the security model, and orchestration with systemd and Quadlet — plus health checks and OpenTelemetry at the end, where they belong. Labs run on a Linux VM or podman machine. 270 questions keep you honest.
Status: all 23 sections, labs, and knowledge checks are built and in final review on the Podman 6 baseline. Enrollment opens soon at €79, VAT included.
Self-paced and text-first. You read, you type, you check; no video timeline to scrub. The companion book, Podman in Production, is available now at podman-book.com.
From container primitives to a production deployment.
Every section pairs a concept refresher with a hands-on lab and a knowledge check — 270 questions across the course. Open a part to see its sections.
Environment check, conventions, and how the course works
Part I Foundations 4 sections
- 1 Why Podman
- 2 Linux Container Primitives
- 3 Installation and Configuration
- 4 Rootless Containers
Part II The Container Lifecycle 6 sections
- 5 Images and Containerfiles
- 6 Building with Buildah
- 7 Distributing Images with Skopeo
- 8 Running Containers
- 9 Storage, Volumes, and Artifacts
- 10 Pods
Part III Networking 2 sections
- 11 Networking with Netavark
- 12 Rootless Networking with pasta
Part IV Security 2 sections
- 13 The Podman Security Model
- 14 Supply Chain Security
Part V Orchestrating with Podman 6 sections
- 15 systemd and Quadlet
- 16 Health Checks and Self-Healing
- 17 Compose and the Docker API
- 18 Kubernetes Workflows
- 19 Observability and OpenTelemetry
- 20 A Production Deployment with Quadlet
Part VI Podman Among the Alternatives 2 sections
- 21 The Same App Four Ways
- 22 Podman in a Kubernetes World
Read a little. Break it in a lab. Prove it stuck.
The same rhythm in every section, so the course gets out of your way and the material does the work.
Read a little
Each section opens with a compact refresher in the browser — a few minutes of reading that sets up exactly what the lab needs, and nothing more.
Break it in a lab
Numbered steps with checkpoints, run in your own terminal. Solutions stay one click away, not in your face. For Podman, a disposable Linux VM or podman machine carries every lab — rootless-first, and sudo appears only where rootful mode or host setup is the lesson.
Prove it stuck
A knowledge check closes every section: 70% to pass, unlimited attempts, and the multi-select questions are all-or-nothing — exactly correct or try again.
self-paced · text-first · runs in your browser and your terminal
For people who work in a terminal already.
No graded deadlines and no cohort schedule. The course assumes you are busy, curious, and allergic to filler.
- Engineers who ship Linux containers and are moving workloads off a daemon-based runtime.
- Teams wiring systemd, Quadlet, health checks, and OpenTelemetry together end to end.
- Anyone running
dockerout of habit and wondering what the rootless fuss is about.
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