diff --git a/playbooks/site_rdo.yaml b/playbooks/site_rdo.yaml
index b098f9e3..86b84c7b 100644
--- a/playbooks/site_rdo.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/site_rdo.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   roles:
     - service/node-exporter
     - system/update-host
+    - system/podman
 
 - hosts: backup-rdo
   roles:
diff --git a/playbooks/site_sf.yaml b/playbooks/site_sf.yaml
index 775009d6..fc33772f 100644
--- a/playbooks/site_sf.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/site_sf.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     - infra/ssh
     - service/node-exporter
     - system/update-host
+    - system/podman
 
 - hosts: backup-sf
   roles:
diff --git a/roles/system/podman/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/system/podman/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a307936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/system/podman/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+# set 1000MB in bytes
+log_size_max: 1048576000
diff --git a/roles/system/podman/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/system/podman/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b919a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/system/podman/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: Set max log limit - new way
+  become: true
+  ini_file:
+    path: /etc/containers/containers.conf
+    section: containers
+    option: log_size_max
+    value: "{{ log_size_max }}"
+    backup: true
+
+- name: Set max log limit - legacy
+  become: true
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/containers/libpod.conf
+    regexp: "^max_log_size"
+    line: "max_log_size={{ log_size_max }}"
+    create: true
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 8