Appendix A. Podman-related container tools

This appendix describes the three tools that use containers/storage and containers/image libraries. These tools address the following functionalities:

  • Moving container images between different container registries and storage

  • Building container images

  • Testing, developing, and running containers in production on a single node

  • Running containers in production at scale

As the original creator of Podman, I recognized the need for specialized tools, each performing specific functionality rather than a one-size-fits-all monolithic solution.

From a security perspective, each of these four categories requires different security constraints. Containers running in production need to be run in a more ...

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