How To Install podman-remote on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-remote on CentOS 8. podman-remote is A remote CLI for Podman: A Simple management tool for pods, containers and images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-remote on CentOS 8.

What is podman-remote

podman-remote provides a local client interacting with a Podman backend node through a RESTful API tunneled through a ssh connection. In this context, a podman node is a Linux system with Podman installed on it and the API service activated. Credentials for this session can be passed in using flags, environment variables, or in containers.conf.

We can use yum or dnf to install podman-remote on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install podman-remote.

Install podman-remote on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install podman-remote using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install podman-remote

Install podman-remote on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install podman-remote using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install podman-remote

How To Uninstall podman-remote on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the podman-remote package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove podman-remote

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-remote on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.