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diff --git a/mac_client.md b/mac_client.md deleted file mode 100644 index bf08e8cc1..000000000 --- a/mac_client.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,99 +0,0 @@ -# Podman Mac Client tutorial - -## What is the Podman Mac Client - -First and foremost, the Mac Client is under heavy development. We are working on getting the -Mac client to be packaged and run for a native-like experience. This is the setup tutorial -for the Mac client at its current stage of development and packaging. - -The purpose of the Mac client for Podman is to allow users to run Podman on a Mac. Since Podman is a Linux -container engine, The Mac client is actually a version of the [Podman-remote client](remote_client.md), -edited to that the client side works on a Mac machine, and connects to a Podman "backend" on a Linux -machine, virtual or physical. The goal is to have a native-like experience when working with the Mac -client, so the command line interface of the remote client is exactly the same as the regular Podman -commands with the exception of some flags and commands that do not apply to the Mac client. - -## What you need - -To use the Mac client, you will need a binary built for MacOS and a Podman "backend" on a Linux machine; -hereafter referred to as the Podman node. In this context, a Podman node is a Linux system with Podman -installed on it and the varlink service activated. You will also need to be able to ssh into this -system as a user with privileges to the varlink socket (more on this later). - -For best results, use the most recent version of MacOS - -## Getting the Mac client -The Mac client is available through [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/). -``` -$ brew cask install podman -``` - -## Setting up the client and Podman node connection - -To use the Mac client, you must perform some setup on both the Mac and Podman nodes. In this case, -the Mac node refers to the Mac on which Podman is being run; and the Podman node refers to where -Podman and its storage reside. - -### Connection settings -Your Linux box must have ssh enabled, and you must copy your Mac's public key from `~/.sconf sh/id.pub` to -`/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` on your Linux box using `ssh-copy-id` This allows for the use of SSH keys -for remote access. - -You may need to edit your `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` in your Linux machine as follows: -``` -PermitRootLogin yes -``` - -Use of SSH keys are strongly encouraged to ensure a secure login. However, if you wish to avoid ‘logging in’ every -time you run a Podman command, you may edit your `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` on your Linux machine as follows: -``` -PasswordAuthentication no -PermitRootLogin without-password -``` - -### Podman node setup -The Podman node must be running a Linux distribution that supports Podman and must have Podman (not the Mac -client) installed. You must also have root access to the node. Check if your system uses systemd: -``` -$cat /proc/1/comm -systemd -``` -If it does, then simply start the Podman varlink socket: -``` -$ sudo systemctl start io.podman.socket -$ sudo systemctl enable io.podman.socket -``` - -If your system cannot use systemd, then you can manually establish the varlink socket with the Podman -command: -``` -$ sudo podman --log-level debug varlink --timeout 0 unix://run/podman/io.podman -``` - -### Required permissions -For now, the Mac client requires that you be able to run a privileged Podman and have privileged ssh -access to the remote system. This limitation is being worked on. - -#### Running the remote client -There are three different ways to pass connection information into the client: flags, conf file, and -environment variables. All three require information on username and a remote host ip address. Most often, -your username should be root and you can obtain your remote-host-ip using `ip addr` - -To connect using flags, you can use -``` -$ podman --remote-host remote-host-ip --username root images -REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE -quay.io/podman/stable latest 9c1e323be87f 10 days ago 414 MB -localhost/test latest 4b8c27c343e1 4 weeks ago 253 MB -k8s.gcr.io/pause 3.1 da86e6ba6ca1 20 months ago 747 kB -``` -If the conf file is set up, you may simply use Podman as you would on the linux machine. Take a look at -[podman-remote.conf.5.md](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/docs/podman-remote.conf.5.md) on how to use the conf file: - -``` -$ podman images -REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE -quay.io/podman/stable latest 9c1e323be87f 10 days ago 414 MB -localhost/test latest 4b8c27c343e1 4 weeks ago 253 MB -k8s.gcr.io/pause 3.1 da86e6ba6ca1 20 months ago 747 kB -``` |