Docs-only release. No code changes — Podman implements the Docker REST API natively, so for many setups, pointing Docksentry at a Podman socket Just Works.
Surfaced by @LeeNX in #23. He's volunteered as test pilot on a mix of x86_64 + Raspberry Pi 3–5 + RockPi 4 hosts.
What's new
README "Experimental Podman support" section covering:
- Rootful setup — mount
/run/podman/podman.sockat/var/run/docker.sock - Rootless setup — mount
/run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sockat/var/run/docker.sock - What's expected to work — read-only inspection, pulls, lifecycle commands, container groups, and the v1.18.10 17-field HostConfig recreate all hit the Docker REST API endpoints Podman implements natively
- Known limitations — rootless UID-mapping edge cases for the #16 PID-1 self-protection, Quadlets out of scope, podman-compose label format variations, multi-arch availability
- How to file targeted bug reports so we can add specific Podman fixes
Setting expectations
This is experimental:
- No Podman tests in CI
- No Podman test bed on our side
- The first few bug reports will probably be obvious (rootless edge cases, label format differences)
If you try it and something breaks, please file a new issue with your Podman version, rootful/rootless, architecture, and the exact failure mode.
Auto-syncs to Docker Hub description via the existing GitHub Actions workflow.