[Tips] [Podman] What to do if you get an "insufficient space" error when loading an image

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When building a container using Podman, I encountered an error due to insufficient space in the default image storage directory. I found a workaround, so I'm posting it here for future reference.

Use case

When temporarily saving images to a directory with a large capacity

work around

By executing it with the --root option, it will be saved to the option specified destination.

$ podman load -i <image path> --root <destination>

Points to note

If you load using the above command, the loaded image will not be displayed unless you add the --root option.

# Image information not displayed
$ podman images

# Image displayed
$ podman images --root

Warnig

This is just a workaround, so it should only be used temporarily (delete the image stored locally after pushing it to any repository). If you want to permanently change the storage folder, change the settings in "~/.config/containers/storage.conf".