The latest articles on DEV Community by Daniel Filimon (@danifilimon). https://dev.to/danifilimon https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F974752%2Fb801fe66-2662-4187-8747-3e1bc9f0261d.jpeg https://dev.to/danifilimon en Daniel Filimon Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:29:45 +0000 https://dev.to/danifilimon/how-to-run-podman-rootless-in-wsl-3p1p https://dev.to/danifilimon/how-to-run-podman-rootless-in-wsl-3p1p <h4> TL;DR <code>sudo mount --make-rshared /</code> </h4> <p>If you're anything like me and you're trying to use podman inside WSL, you may get the following issue when running any podman command:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>$ podman ps WARN[0000] "/" is not a shared mount, this could cause issues or missing mounts with rootless containers </code></pre> </div> <p>So what can you do? Run every podman command with <code>sudo</code>?<br> That's not an option.</p> <p>Thankfully, there's an easy fix on WSL. First, to diagnose the problem, run <code>findmnt -o PROPAGATION</code>. You'll probably get an output like this:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>$ findmnt -o PROPAGATION PROPAGATION private shared private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private private </code></pre> </div> <p>So podman is complaining about the <code>/</code> mount not being shared, for which there is an easy fix: <code>sudo mount --make-rshared /</code>.<br> Then, if you run <code>findmnt -o PROPAGATION</code> again you'll notice the change:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>$ findmnt -o PROPAGATION PROPAGATION shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared shared </code></pre> </div> <p>Finally, <code>podman ps</code> now works properly:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>$ podman ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES </code></pre> </div> <p>Yay!</p> podman wsl containers