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run-spaceapp: rootless Podman engine support (--engine podman) (#63) - #261
Implements #63: the run-spaceapp launcher can run the unchanged SpaceApp stack on rootless
Podman, selected per installation.
Engine selection.install --engine docker|podman (also "engine" in --answers); the
choice is stored in the configuration and used by every later command (up/down/status/logs,
update, rollback, backup, restore, doctor, doctor --fix, repair, provider install, workspace
and credentials sync, uninstall). No flag keeps Docker when Docker works; when Docker is
absent but a supported Podman is ready, install picks Podman and says so. Switching engines
on an existing installation is refused with the reason (volumes are engine-private) and the
supported migration: backup → uninstall --purge-data → install --engine podman → restore.
Podman support specifics.
Provider/versions: podman compose with the Docker Compose v2 provider; Podman >= 5
on cgroup v2. podman-compose is rejected with an explanation. The template is unchanged, so
profiles, file secrets, depends_on health conditions (including required: false), init,
mem_limit/cpus, shared named socket volumes, --wait, and --user 10001:10001 exec/run all
keep their semantics.
Prerequisites are checked, never installed: missing/old Podman, a missing compose
provider, or an unreachable engine (rootless socket / macOS machine) each stop the install
with the exact fix. Rootless installs need systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket.
No userns_mode: keep-id: the published images start as root and drop to 10001:10001, and
keep-id crash-loops them (as documented in earlier acceptance runs on this issue). The
default subordinate mapping is used; backup/restore one-off containers run as 0:0.
Workspace bind mounts render bind: { selinux: "z" } under Podman only (SELinux-enforcing
hosts, host ownership preserved, read-only stays read-only); Docker rendering is unchanged.
--access host-root is refused on Podman (install-time and config validation); Podman on
Windows is refused with a pointer to the Docker engine.
Doctor / support bundle. Doctor reports the engine, version, rootless/rootful state,
cgroup version, and cgroup limit delegation; undelegated cpu/memory is called out plainly at
doctor time (warning, not a late failure). On macOS it sizes the Podman machine against the
profile and prints the podman machine set resize command. The support bundle carries the
same engine facts and no secrets.
Tests. New tests/podman.test.mjs (16 tests: selection/persistence, version floor,
info/machine/cgroup fixtures, compose construction for both engines, SELinux rendering,
prerequisite gates, doctor, storage probing incl. Podman's bare-hex image ids, a full mocked
podman install + status, switch refusal, host-root refusal, support bundle). Full suite:
209/209 passing; npm run check clean.
CI. New podman-linux job: installs Podman 5 on ubuntu-latest, wires the Compose v2
provider, prepares rootless (subuid + API socket), installs the small profile with --engine podman --non-interactive, waits for http://127.0.0.1:4911/readyz, backs up,
uninstalls with --purge-data, and asserts no containers remain. Its log is the real-host
run for this change (developed in an environment without a Podman binary; the mocked
end-to-end test covers the launcher flow, this job covers the real engine).
Docs. Launcher README ("Container engines: Docker or rootless Podman"), root README
prerequisites, and docs/getting-started.md all document requirements and limits.
Out of scope per the issue: Windows Podman, installing Podman itself, Quadlet/Kubernetes,
image changes, other engines.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Added support for installing and running SpaceApp with rootless Podman on Linux and macOS.
Installations can use Docker or Podman. Fresh installs may select Podman automatically when Docker is unavailable and Podman is ready; existing installations keep their configured engine.
doctor reports engine readiness and Podman resource details, with guidance for resolving setup issues.
Documentation
Added Podman setup requirements, including Podman 5 or later and Docker Compose v2.
Documented engine migration using backup and restore, and noted that Podman is unsupported on Windows and with host-root access.
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Walkthrough
The launcher now supports rootless Podman on Linux and macOS alongside Docker. Install can select and persist an engine, and runtime commands use that selection. The change also adds Podman prerequisite checks, diagnostics, storage handling, tests, CI coverage, and documentation.
Changes: Podman support
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Summary
Engine configuration and prerequisites packages/run-spaceapp/src/engine.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/src/prerequisites.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/src/index.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/tests/podman.test.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/package.json
Engine helpers parse Podman and machine facts, check platform requirements, and provide engine-switch guidance. Configuration validates the selected engine and access mode. Prerequisite checks verify Podman, its Compose provider, and engine availability.
Engine selection during installation packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/tests/podman.test.mjs
Install accepts an explicit engine and checks whether Podman is ready. A fresh install can select Podman when Docker is unavailable and Podman probes succeed. Existing installations retain their engine, and engine switching is refused.
Runtime, maintenance, backup and restore, workspace, and user operations use the configured engine. Podman workspace mounts add SELinux relabeling. Storage inspection probes the selected engine and reports its name.
Diagnostics, validation, and documentation packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/tests/podman.test.mjs, .github/workflows/platform-matrix.yml, README.md, docs/getting-started.md, packages/run-spaceapp/README.md
Doctor and support bundles report Podman facts. Tests and the Linux workflow cover Podman behavior. Documentation describes platform requirements, engine selection, restrictions, and the backup-and-restore migration sequence.
sequenceDiagram
participant InstallCLI
participant Prerequisites
participant Podman
participant Compose
InstallCLI->>Prerequisites: Check Podman requirements
Prerequisites->>Podman: Probe version, Compose provider, and engine
Podman-->>Prerequisites: Return probe results
Prerequisites-->>InstallCLI: Return readiness result
InstallCLI->>Compose: Run installation with selected engine
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Possibly related issues
oll4com/spaceapp#63: Requests rootless Podman support in the launcher. This change adds engine selection, runtime use, prerequisite checks, and diagnostics.
Possibly related PRs
oll4com/spaceapp#246: Implements overlapping rootless Podman engine selection and Compose dispatch.
The documented engine migration is blocked, and some unsupported Podman setups can proceed or prevent the expected Docker fallback. Resolve these installation paths before merging.
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packages/run-spaceapp/package.json: 1
39-39: LGTM!
packages/run-spaceapp/src/index.mjs: 1
22-22: LGTM!
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Review comments at @packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs:
- Around line 796-801: Update the Docker-to-Podman fallback branch guarded by
existingConfig, requestedEngine, and accessMode so it is skipped when platform
is win32. Replace the docker info failure check using captureProbe with a docker
--version availability check, and select Podman only when the Docker command
exits with code 127; do not treat other failures as Docker absence.
- Line 448: Remove the repeated engine properties from the options passed to
composeCommand in the runtimeExecute call, keeping a single engine property set
from engineOf(config).
Review comments at @packages/run-spaceapp/src/engine.mjs:
- Around line 98-106: Update the machine sizing extraction in the visible
inspection-mapping function to read CPUs, Memory, and DiskSize from
machine.Resources, while keeping Name and State top-level. Update the
podman.test.mjs fixtures to use the same nested Resources shape so they reflect
actual podman machine inspect output.
- Line 184: Update the switch-refusal message’s target-engine selection so it
uses requestedEngine rather than deriving other from existingEngine; ensure a
podman-to-docker request identifies docker as the target.
Review comments at @packages/run-spaceapp/src/prerequisites.mjs:
- Around line 240-246: Update executeCommand and captureProbeOutput so Podman
probes preserve spawn errors without changing the executor’s default behavior.
In ensurePodmanAvailable, distinguish ENOENT as missing Podman, EACCES/EPERM as
launch failures, and an error-free exit code 127 as a process exit; retain
separate handling for unsuccessful or invalid version output.
- Around line 251-263: Update the `podman compose version` prerequisite check
around `execute` to capture its output and require both a successful exit code
and a version string identifying Docker Compose v2; retain the existing failure
message and return behavior when either condition fails.
- Around line 263-281: Update ensurePodmanAvailable to capture and parse podman
info, then use podmanInfoFacts to require rootless === true. Return a failure
for rootful or unknown engine state, while preserving the existing failure
handling when the info probe cannot run.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Read the Podman machine sizing from Resources.
podman machine inspect nests the sizing under Resources: Resources.CPUs, Resources.Memory (MiB), and Resources.DiskSize (GiB). Only Name and State are top-level. See the upstream podman machine inspect example output.
This code reads machine.CPUs, machine.Memory, and machine.DiskSize. On a real machine, cpus, memoryBytes, and diskBytes therefore all become null. podmanMachineCheck skips every comparison. The macOS "Podman machine" doctor check then always passes, with "? CPUs" in the detail. The check never warns about an undersized machine.
tests/podman.test.mjs lines 228 and 234 use the same wrong top-level shape. The tests pass but do not match real output. Change those fixtures to the nested Resources shape as well.
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Update the machine sizing extraction in the visible inspection-mapping function
to read CPUs, Memory, and DiskSize from machine.Resources, while keeping Name
and State top-level. Update the podman.test.mjs fixtures to use the same nested
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Preserve the spawn error for Podman probes.
executeCommand resolves 127 for ENOENT, so versionProbe.error?.code === "ENOENT" is unreachable when ensurePodmanAvailable uses the normal executor. A real Podman process can also exit with 127.
Add a probe-only option that preserves spawn errors. Keep the default executor behavior unchanged. Classify ENOENT as missing Podman, EACCES or EPERM as launch failures, and an error-free exit code 127 as a real process exit.
- const code = await execute(spec, { stdout, stderr: null });+ const code = await execute(spec, {+ stdout,+ stderr: null,+ preserveSpawnErrors: true+ });
return { code, output };
- } catch {- return { code: 127, output };+ } catch (error) {+ return { code: null, error, output };
}
}
...
- if (!version) {+ if (versionProbe.error?.code === "ENOENT") {
stderr.write("Podman was not found on PATH.\n");
stderr.write(`${podmanInstallInstructions(platform)}\n`);
return { code: 1, reexecuted: false };
}
+ if (versionProbe.error) {+ stderr.write(+ `Podman could not be started (${versionProbe.error.code ?? "unknown error"}).\n`+ );+ return { code: 1, reexecuted: false };+ }+ if (versionProbe.code !== 0) {+ stderr.write(`Podman --version exited with code ${versionProbe.code}.\n`);+ return { code: 1, reexecuted: false };+ }+ if (!version) {+ stderr.write("Podman --version returned invalid version output.\n");+ return { code: 1, reexecuted: false };+ }
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- 246:
Update executeCommand and captureProbeOutput so Podman probes preserve spawn
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official Podman documentation podman compose provider selection podman-compose PODMAN_COMPOSE_PROVIDER
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<title>podman/docs/source/markdown/podman-compose.1.md.in at main · podman-container-tools/podman · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/docs/source/markdown/podman-compose.1.md.in</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; The specified options as well as the command and argument are passed directly to the compose provider. ... **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/container-libs/blob/main/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**
% podman-compose 1
## NAME
podman\-compose - Run Compose workloads via an external compose provider
## SYNOPSIS
**podman compose** [*options*] [*command* [*arg* ...]]
## DESCRIPTION
**podman compose** is a thin wrapper around an external compose provider such as docker-compose or podman-compose. This means that `podman compose` is executing another tool that implements the compose functionality but sets up the environment in a way to let the compose provider communicate transparently with the local Podman socket. The specified options as well as the command and argument are passed directly to the compose provider.
The default compose providers are `docker-compose` and `podman-compose`. If installed, `docker-compose` takes precedence since it is the original implementation of the Compose specification and is widely used on the supported platforms (i.e., Linux, Mac OS, Windows).
If you want to change the default behavior or have a custom installation path for your provider of choice, please change the `compose_providers` field in the `[engine]` table of `containers.conf(5)` to `compose_providers = ["/path/to/provider"]`. You may also set the `PODMAN_COMPOSE_PROVIDER` environment variable.
By default, `podman compose` will emit a warning saying that it executes an external command. This warning can be disabled by setting `compose_warning_logs` to false in the `[engine]` table of `containers.conf(5)` or setting the `PODMAN_COMPOSE_WARNING_LOGS` environment variable to false. See the man page for `containers.conf(5)` for more information.
## OPTIONS
To see supported options of the installed compose provider, please run `podman compose --help`.
## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[containers.conf(5)](https://github.com/containers/container-libs/blob/main/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md)**</excerpt>
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<title>podman/cmd/podman/compose.go at main · podman-container-tools/podman · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/cmd/podman/compose.go</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 4 weeks ago; = nil { // Make sure podman returns with the same exit code as the compose provider. if exitErr, ok := errors.AsType[*exec.ExitError](err); ok { registry.SetExitCode(exitErr.ExitCode()) } // Format the error to make it explicit that error did not come // from podman but from the executed compose provider. return fmt.Errorf("executing %s %s: %w", provider, strings.Join(args, " "), err) } return nil } // composeHelp is a custom help function to display the help message of the // configured compose-provider. func composeHelp(cmd *cobra.Command) error { tmpl, err := template.New("help_template"). ... // See GitHub issue 18617 in containers/podman (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
func underline(str string) string { return "\033[4m" + str + "\033[0m" } // composeProviderExec executes the compose provider with the specified arguments. func composeProviderExec(args []string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, warn bool) error { provider, err := composeProvider() if err != nil { return err } env, err := composeEnv() if err != nil { return err } if stdout == nil { stdout = os.Stdout } if stderr == nil { stderr = os.Stderr } cmd := exec.Command(provider, args...) cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin cmd.Stdout = stdout cmd.Stderr = stderr cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), env...) logrus.Debugf("Executing compose provider (%s %s) with additional env %s", provider, strings.Join(args, " "), strings.Join(env, " ")) if warn { fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, underline(fmt.Sprintf(">>>> Executing external compose provider %q. Please see podman-compose(1) for how to disable this message. <<<<\n\n", provider))) } if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { // Make sure podman returns with the same exit code as the compose provider. if exitErr, ok := errors.AsType[*exec.ExitError](err); ok { registry.SetExitCode(exitErr.ExitCode()) } // Format the error to make it explicit that error did not come // from podman but from the executed compose provider. return fmt.Errorf("executing %s %s: %w", provider, strings.Join(args, " "), err) } return nil } // composeHelp is a custom help function to display the help message of the // configured compose-provider. func composeHelp(cmd *cobra.Command) error { tmpl, err := template.New("help_template").Parse(helpTemplate) if err != nil { return err } if err := tmpl.Execute(os.Stdout, cmd); err != nil { return err } shouldLog, err := composeShouldLogWarning() if err != nil { return err } return composeProviderExec([]string{"--help"}, nil, nil, shouldLog) } // composeMain is the main function of the compose command. func composeMain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { // We have to manually parse the flags here to make sure all arguments // after `podman compose [ARGS]` are passed to the compose provider. // For now, we only look for the --help flag. fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("args", pflag.ContinueOnError) fs.ParseErrorsAllowlist.UnknownFlags = true fs.SetInterspersed(false) fs.BoolP("help", "h", false, "") if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("parsing arguments: %w", err) } if len(args) == 0 || fs.Lookup("help").Changed { return composeHelp(cmd) } shouldLog, err := composeShouldLogWarning() if err != nil { return err } return composeProviderExec(args, nil, nil, shouldLog) }
package main
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/url"
"os"
"os/exec"
"runtime"
"strconv"
"strings"
"text/template"
"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
"github.com/spf13/pflag"
"go.podman.io/podman/v6/cmd/podman/registry"
"go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/errorhandling"
)
var composeComm…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>podman-compose/docs/Extensions.md at main · containers/podman-compose · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/blob/main/docs/Extensions.md</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last week; For example, the following docker-compose.yml allows running a podman container with externally managed rootfs. ... Currently, podman-compose is using underscores (`_` character) as a separator in names of containers, images, etc., while docker-compose has switched to hyphens (`-` character).
# Extensions.md
# Podman specific extensions to the docker-compose format
Podman-compose supports the following extensions to the docker-compose format. These extensions are generally specified under fields with "x-podman" prefix in the compose file.
## Container management
The following extension keys are available under container configuration:
* `x-podman.uidmaps` - Run the container in a new user namespace using the supplied UID mapping.
* `x-podman.gidmaps` - Run the container in a new user namespace using the supplied GID mapping.
* `x-podman.rootfs` - Run the container without requiring any image management; the rootfs of the container is assumed to be managed externally.
* `x-podman.no_hosts` - Run the container without creating /etc/hosts file
* `x-podman.passwd` - Allow Podman to add entries to /etc/passwd and /etc/group when used in conjunction with the --user option. Defaults to true.
For example, the following docker-compose.yml allows running a podman container with externally managed rootfs.
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<title>GitHub - containers/podman-compose: a script to run docker-compose.yml using podman · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/containers/podman-compose</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: today; For production-like single-machine containerized environment consider ... pip3 install https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/archive/main.tar.gz
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<title>podman-compose/podman_compose.py at main · containers/podman-compose · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/blob/main/podman_compose.py</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 4 days ago; compose: PodmanCompose, mount_dict: dict[str, Any], srv_name: str ... def container_to_ulimit_args(cnt: dict[str, Any], podman_args: list[str]) -> None:
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Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/docs/source/markdown/podman-compose.1.md.in?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/docs/source/markdown/podman-compose.1.md.in?utm_source=openai
Require Docker Compose v2, not only a successful provider command.
podman compose can delegate to podman-compose when the host selects that provider. The prerequisite discards the version output and accepts any zero exit code, so installation can continue with an unsupported provider. Reject successful probes unless the output identifies Docker Compose v2.
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Major · Make the engine migration sequence executable. · engine.mjs:191-192
packages/run-spaceapp/src/engine.mjs:191-192 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Make the engine migration sequence executable.
After uninstall --purge-data, the launcher retains config.json. The next install --engine ${requestedEngine} therefore sees the existing engine and refuses the switch at packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs Lines 699-703. The user has already removed the old engine’s volumes at that point. Provide a migration step that safely clears or replaces the saved engine choice while preserving the backup, or change the install flow to recognize a completed purge.
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Update the engine migration sequence in the `engine.mjs` instructions so that,
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Minor · Include automation answers in the same-version engine-change check. · cli.mjs:1136
Include automation answers in the same-version engine-change check.
If an existing installation receives a different "engine" through --answers without --engine, requestedEngine contains that choice. The same-version branch nevertheless calls hasRequestedConfigChange(rawExisting, parsed), which sees no engine change and starts repair instead of reaching engineSwitchRefusal. Pass the resolved requestedEngine to that check so an automation request receives the same refusal as a command-line request.
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Update the same-version check using hasRequestedConfigChange to include the
resolved requestedEngine value, so engine choices supplied through --answers are
recognized just like --engine and reach engineSwitchRefusal when they differ
from the installed engine.
Minor · Apply full Podman eligibility checks before automatic selection. · cli.mjs:807-808
Apply full Podman eligibility checks before automatic selection.
When Docker CLI is absent, a successful podman info probe can select rootful Podman even though SpaceApp requires rootless Podman. The same exit-only check can accept the unsupported podman-compose provider. The code then sets result.config.engine to podman and calls ensurePodman, which rejects the installation. Because a prerequisite result already exists, the installer does not call ensureDocker.
Run the provider and rootless checks before assigning engine or result.config.engine. If Podman fails either check, leave Podman unselected and continue through the Docker fallback.
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Update the Podman automatic-selection flow around the `captureProbe` checks to
validate that the compose provider is supported and Podman is rootless before
assigning `engine` or `result.config.engine`. If either eligibility check fails,
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- Line 1136: Update the same-version check using hasRequestedConfigChange to
include the resolved requestedEngine value, so engine choices supplied through
--answers are recognized just like --engine and reach engineSwitchRefusal when
they differ from the installed engine.
- Around line 807-808: Update the Podman automatic-selection flow around the
`captureProbe` checks to validate that the compose provider is supported and
Podman is rootless before assigning `engine` or `result.config.engine`. If
either eligibility check fails, leave Podman unselected and continue to the
Docker fallback.
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- Around line 191-192: Update the engine migration sequence in the `engine.mjs`
instructions so that, after `uninstall --purge-data`, it safely clears or
replaces the saved engine choice in `config.json` while preserving the backup,
before running `install --engine ${requestedEngine}`. Ensure the install step
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- 1: https://docs.docker.com/compose/intro/history/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases?utm_source=openai
Accept Docker Compose v5 in the Podman prerequisite check.
ensurePodmanAvailable accepts only Docker Compose version v?2.x.y. Docker Compose v5 therefore fails the Podman prerequisite check, including output without the v prefix. The tests cover only v2.39.1.
Accept Compose major version 2 or later and add v5 tests. Keep rejecting podman-compose.
Suggested fix
- !/\bDocker Compose version v?2\.\d+\.\d+\b/.test(composeProbe.output)+ !/\bDocker Compose version v?(?:[2-9]|\d{2,})\.\d+\.\d+\b/.test(composeProbe.output)
Add cases for Docker Compose version v5.6.0 and Docker Compose version 5.0.0.
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Update the Compose version fixture and tests for ensurePodmanAvailable so the
prerequisite check accepts Docker Compose major versions 2 or later, with or
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Follow-up addressing the CodeRabbit review — thank you for the careful pass. Six of the seven findings were valid and are fixed in the latest commits:
Podman machine sizing:podmanMachineFacts read CPUs/memory/disk from top-level fields, but podman machine inspect nests them under Resources, so the values came back null and the macOS sizing check always passed. Now reads Resources first with a top-level fallback.
Compose gate: the doctor accepted any zero exit from podman compose version, so an unsupported podman-compose could pass. It now requires the output to match Docker Compose v2.
Auto-pick probe: engine auto-pick probed docker info, which fails when the daemon is stopped and silently switched the engine. It now probes docker --version (presence only) and is skipped on win32.
Switch refusal message:engineSwitchRefusal named the wrong engine when refusing a podman→docker switch; it now names the requested engine.
Rootless requirement: rootful Podman was accepted; rootless is now required, failing closed when rootless cannot be determined.
Cleanup: five duplicate engine keys in cli.mjs were collapsed.
One finding I could not act on as stated: the note about a missing versionProbe.error check in prerequisites.mjs — there is no such check in the code, and a missing binary is already handled by the existing probe path. Happy to revisit if I misread it.
Verification on my side: npm run check passes and the full suite passes (210/210 at the fix commit; 224/224 after merging current main).
Also note: I merged the latest main (1.1.8) into this branch to clear the conflicts that appeared when main moved — the cli.mjs restore flow keeps the engine argument threaded through the new 1.1.8 restore-restart path, and index.mjs keeps both the new image-attestation imports and the engine imports. The branch is conflict-free again.
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- Around line 1159-1160: In planInteractiveSetup, validate a requested engine
switch immediately after reading rawExisting and before the wizard asks for
approval or applies config repairs. Compare
resolveInstallEngine(requestedEngine) with engineOf(rawExisting), and throw the
existing engineSwitchRefusal when they differ; leave the flow unchanged when no
engine was requested or no existing config is present.
- Around line 2626-2633: Update the “Podman runtime” check in the checks.push
block so it passes only when facts.rootless is exactly true; rootful and unknown
states must fail. Include a concise detail indicating that SpaceApp requires
rootless Podman when the check fails.
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- Around line 287-307: Update ensurePodmanAvailable to reject hosts unless
infoFacts.cgroupVersion is "v2", checking this after the rootless-state
validation and before reporting Podman ready. Return the existing failure result
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Refuse an engine switch inside planInteractiveSetup, before the wizard asks for approval.
hasRequestedConfigChange returns true when --engine differs from the stored engine. Install then goes to the "Apply this plan?" confirmation. The refusal in installCommand (lines 723-728) only runs afterwards. The user approves a plan that is always refused. applyApprovedConfigRepairs can also rewrite config.json before the refusal.
Check the switch right after rawExisting is read (line 1161):
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In planInteractiveSetup, validate a requested engine switch immediately after
reading rawExisting and before the wizard asks for approval or applies config
repairs. Compare resolveInstallEngine(requestedEngine) with
engineOf(rawExisting), and throw the existing engineSwitchRefusal when they
differ; leave the flow unchanged when no engine was requested or no existing
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
doctor reports a rootful Podman engine as PASS, but install rejects it.
The "Podman runtime" check is hard-coded to ok: true. ensurePodmanAvailable fails closed when facts.rootless is not true. A rootful engine, such as a rootful macOS machine or a root-run Linux socket, passes spaceapp doctor. The same engine is refused at install and update. The rootless === null (unknown) case has the same mismatch.
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Review comment at @packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs around lines 2626 - 2633:
Update the “Podman runtime” check in the checks.push block so it passes only
when facts.rootless is exactly true; rootful and unknown states must fail.
Include a concise detail indicating that SpaceApp requires rootless Podman when
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Reject cgroup v1 hosts in ensurePodmanAvailable, as the documented requirement states.
The documented prerequisite is Podman 5 on cgroup v2. ensurePodmanAvailable checks the rootless state but not the cgroup version, so a rootless Podman host on cgroup v1 passes the gate and install continues. The launcher then runs the profile without enforced mem_limit/cpus limits. Doctor reports this state as a warning only.
Add a cgroup v2 check after the rootless check, so the installer fails closed as it does for rootless state:
Suggested fix
stdout.write(`Podman ${version} with the Docker Compose v2 provider is ready.\n`);
+ if (infoFacts.cgroupVersion !== "v2") {+ stderr.write(+ `Podman uses cgroup ${infoFacts.cgroupVersion ?? "unknown"}. SpaceApp requires cgroup v2 so that ` ++ "the profile memory/CPU limits (mem_limit/cpus) are enforced. Enable cgroup v2 on this host, " ++ "then rerun the installer.\n"+ );+ return { code: 1, reexecuted: false };+ }
stdout.write(`Podman ${version} with the Docker Compose v2 provider is ready.\n`);
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Update ensurePodmanAvailable to reject hosts unless infoFacts.cgroupVersion is
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Follow-up to the latest CodeRabbit review: fixed. The compose gate pinned Docker Compose v2, which rejects v5. It now accepts major version 2 or later (with or without the v prefix), still rejects v1 and the Python podman-compose provider, and has tests for v5 (v5.6.1 and 5.0.0) plus a v1 rejection case. Verified locally: check passes, full suite 224/224, and reverting the gate to v2-only fails the new tests.
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Hi — friendly status check on this PR for issue #63 (rootless Podman engine support, $600 bounty). It is complete and ready for review, and I am happy to make any changes you would like to see. Flagging it in case it got buried. Thanks for your time.
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Implements #63: the run-spaceapp launcher can run the unchanged SpaceApp stack on rootless
Podman, selected per installation.
Engine selection.
install --engine docker|podman(also"engine"in--answers); thechoice is stored in the configuration and used by every later command (up/down/status/logs,
update, rollback, backup, restore, doctor, doctor --fix, repair, provider install, workspace
and credentials sync, uninstall). No flag keeps Docker when Docker works; when Docker is
absent but a supported Podman is ready, install picks Podman and says so. Switching engines
on an existing installation is refused with the reason (volumes are engine-private) and the
supported migration: backup → uninstall --purge-data → install --engine podman → restore.
Podman support specifics.
podman composewith the Docker Compose v2 provider; Podman >= 5on cgroup v2. podman-compose is rejected with an explanation. The template is unchanged, so
profiles, file secrets,
depends_onhealth conditions (includingrequired: false), init,mem_limit/cpus, shared named socket volumes,
--wait, and--user 10001:10001exec/run allkeep their semantics.
provider, or an unreachable engine (rootless socket / macOS machine) each stop the install
with the exact fix. Rootless installs need
systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket.userns_mode: keep-id: the published images start as root and drop to 10001:10001, andkeep-id crash-loops them (as documented in earlier acceptance runs on this issue). The
default subordinate mapping is used; backup/restore one-off containers run as
0:0.bind: { selinux: "z" }under Podman only (SELinux-enforcinghosts, host ownership preserved, read-only stays read-only); Docker rendering is unchanged.
--access host-rootis refused on Podman (install-time and config validation); Podman onWindows is refused with a pointer to the Docker engine.
Doctor / support bundle. Doctor reports the engine, version, rootless/rootful state,
cgroup version, and cgroup limit delegation; undelegated cpu/memory is called out plainly at
doctor time (warning, not a late failure). On macOS it sizes the Podman machine against the
profile and prints the
podman machine setresize command. The support bundle carries thesame engine facts and no secrets.
Tests. New
tests/podman.test.mjs(16 tests: selection/persistence, version floor,info/machine/cgroup fixtures, compose construction for both engines, SELinux rendering,
prerequisite gates, doctor, storage probing incl. Podman's bare-hex image ids, a full mocked
podman install + status, switch refusal, host-root refusal, support bundle). Full suite:
209/209 passing;
npm run checkclean.CI. New
podman-linuxjob: installs Podman 5 on ubuntu-latest, wires the Compose v2provider, prepares rootless (subuid + API socket), installs the small profile with
--engine podman --non-interactive, waits forhttp://127.0.0.1:4911/readyz, backs up,uninstalls with
--purge-data, and asserts no containers remain. Its log is the real-hostrun for this change (developed in an environment without a Podman binary; the mocked
end-to-end test covers the launcher flow, this job covers the real engine).
Docs. Launcher README ("Container engines: Docker or rootless Podman"), root README
prerequisites, and
docs/getting-started.mdall document requirements and limits.Out of scope per the issue: Windows Podman, installing Podman itself, Quadlet/Kubernetes,
image changes, other engines.
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doctorreports engine readiness and Podman resource details, with guidance for resolving setup issues.Documentation