Create Image without Internet connection on Windows

[brainbytes42]

[Thanks @mheon for your quick reply @ #14698!]

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (leave only one on its own line)

/kind bug (... I think?)

Description

We're trying to run podman (v. 4.2.1) on a development-machine running Windows 10 / WSL without internet connection. (We can push files only manually.)
Even when using a local --image-path, it wouldn't work, as it tries to download several packages on machine init or says it has a directory(?!).

Any help how to use completely offline on Windows would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Steps to reproduce the issue:

C:\>podman machine init

Describe the results you received:

Error: head request failed: https://github.com/containers/podman-wsl-fedora/releases/latest/download/rootfs.tar.xz: Head "https://github.com/containers/podman-wsl-fedora/releases/latest/download/rootfs.tar.xz": dial tcp: lookup github.com: no such host

Or for a local image (Or did I mess it up here? New to podman...):

C:\>podman machine init --image-path "C:\Austausch\rootfs.tar.xz"
Error: open C:\Users\adminois\.local\share\containers\podman\machine\wsl\cache: is a directory

C:\>podman machine init --image-path "C:\Austausch\fedora-coreos-36.20220522.1.0-qemu.aarch64.qcow2.xz"
Error: open C:\Users\adminois\.local\share\containers\podman\machine\wsl\cache: is a directory

Describe the results you expected:
Podman-magic :-)

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):

Output of podman version:

It is Version 4.2.1, but the output is:

C:\>podman version
Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: Get "http://d/v4.2.1/libpod/_ping": dial unix ///run/podman/podman.sock: connect: Ein ungültiges Argument wurde angegeben.

Have you tested with the latest version of Podman and have you checked the Podman Troubleshooting Guide? (https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md)

Yes

Additional environment details (AWS, VirtualBox, physical, etc.):

Physical machine, Win 10 + WSL

[openshift-ci]

@brainbytes42: The label(s) kind/, kind/, kind/(..., kind/i, kind/think?) cannot be applied, because the repository doesn't have them.

In response to this:

[Thanks @mheon for your quick reply @ #14698!]

Is this a BUG REPORT or FEATURE REQUEST? (leave only one on its own line)

/kind bug (... I think?)

Description

We're trying to run podman (v. 4.2.1) on a development-machine running Windows 10 / WSL without internet connection. (We can push files only manually.)
Even when using a local --image-path, it wouldn't work, as it tries to download several packages on machine init or says it has a directory(?!).

Any help how to use completely offline on Windows would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Steps to reproduce the issue:

C:\>podman machine init

Describe the results you received:

Error: head request failed: https://github.com/containers/podman-wsl-fedora/releases/latest/download/rootfs.tar.xz: Head "https://github.com/containers/podman-wsl-fedora/releases/latest/download/rootfs.tar.xz": dial tcp: lookup github.com: no such host

Or for a local image (Or did I mess it up here? New to podman...):

C:\>podman machine init --image-path "C:\Austausch\rootfs.tar.xz"
Error: open C:\Users\adminois\.local\share\containers\podman\machine\wsl\cache: is a directory

C:\>podman machine init --image-path "C:\Austausch\fedora-coreos-36.20220522.1.0-qemu.aarch64.qcow2.xz"
Error: open C:\Users\adminois\.local\share\containers\podman\machine\wsl\cache: is a directory

Describe the results you expected:
Podman-magic :-)

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):

Output of podman version:

It is Version 4.2.1, but the output is:

C:\>podman version
Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: Get "http://d/v4.2.1/libpod/_ping": dial unix ///run/podman/podman.sock: connect: Ein ungültiges Argument wurde angegeben.

Have you tested with the latest version of Podman and have you checked the Podman Troubleshooting Guide? (https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/troubleshooting.md)

Yes

Additional environment details (AWS, VirtualBox, physical, etc.):

Physical machine, Win 10 + WSL

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[n1hility]

@cdoern want to take a look at this one? This issue is that image-path is not properly handling absolute paths.

Relative works (// cc @brainbytes42 for a workaround)

podman machine init --image-path .\rootfs.tar.xz

[cdoern]

sure @n1hility ! I will take a look

[brainbytes42]

Thanks a lot @n1hility, your workaround saved my day! :-)

Relative works (// cc @brainbytes42 for a workaround)

podman machine init --image-path .\rootfs.tar.xz

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[rhatdan]

@cdoern did you ever work on this?

[cdoern]

@rhatdan no not yet, I might look at it this week since I have more time and will be home at my windows machine

[github-actions]

A friendly reminder that this issue had no activity for 30 days.

[rhatdan]

@cdoern @n1hility anyone have time to fix his one up?

[github-actions]

A friendly reminder that this issue had no activity for 30 days.

[rhatdan]

@n1hility any progress?

[n1hility]

@rhatdan was saving this one for @cdoern. Although since he's likely not avail will look at it this week.