From 865381e7cbedd0088b3eee9398f4f82d01fbd7c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TomSweeneyRedHat Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 11:44:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Windows/Mac support in whatis We've had comments in https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/4364 that it's unclear that we don't actually run Podman on Windows and Mac, rather it runs only on Linux and you need remote clients on the other platforms. This updates the whatis document to hopefully clarify. Signed-off-by: TomSweeneyRedHat --- whatis.html | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/whatis.html b/whatis.html index 51f14872..33c3a047 100644 --- a/whatis.html +++ b/whatis.html @@ -19,6 +19,12 @@

What is Podman? Simply put: `alias docker=podman`

Podman specializes in all of the commands and functions that help you to maintain and modify OCI container images, such as pulling and tagging. It allows you to create, run, and maintain those containers created from those images in a production environment. +

+Podman runs only on Linux platforms, however a REST API is currently under development which will +allow Mac and Windows platforms to call the server. There is currently a Varlink based remote client which +runs on Mac or Windows platforms that allows the remote client to talk to the Podman +server on a Linux platform. NOTE: the Varlink remote client will be deprecated after the REST API +is completed. In addition to those clients, there is also a Mac client.

Overview and scope

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Overview and scope

Roadmap