PODMAN PODS AND KUBERNETES INTEGRATION: Build Kubernetes-Compatible Container Architectures with Podman. Pod Management, YAML

Design Kubernetes compatible pods with Podman and ship them with confidence from a single laptop to a real cluster.

Running containers locally is easy, making them behave the same in Kubernetes is where projects slip. Networking changes, storage rules tighten, and unsigned images stall at the gate. Teams need a practical path that starts on a workstation and ends in a controlled rollout without rewrites.

This book gives you that path. It treats Podman pods as the local proving ground, then turns working intent into clean Kubernetes YAML you can play, test, and promote. Every concept is backed by reproducible commands and realistic manifests.

map podman pods to kubernetes pods, what carries over and what does not
use the infra container and shared namespaces to model sidecars and local traffic
build multi stage images with buildah, add healthchecks and oci labels
sign images with cosign and enforce policyjson during pulls and in ci
copy and mirror artifacts with skopeo, including air gapped workflows
generate pods services and deployments from running containers
play yaml locally and read the warnings that matter before a cluster
apply the same manifests to real clusters and hand off to kubectl cleanly
wire networks with netavark and aardvark dns, single and multi network pods
choose rootless stacks, pasta or slirp4netns, and prove reachability
publish ports on linux macos and windows, including low ports and vm bridges
use named volumes and bind mounts with z or Z labels, avoid common selinux traps
work with rootless overlay storage using fuse overlayfs and read performance notes
project configmaps and secrets under kube play without surprises
set user namespaces, keep id mappings, capabilities, and seccomp defaults that survive promotion
add supply chain guardrails at pull time and in ci to stop the wrong images
run day 2 operations with systemd quadlets, write container pod and kube units
add health checks restart behavior timers and safe rollback policies in systemd
run rootless services that need low ports using realistic workarounds
enable devices and gpus with cdi packs and selectors that match cluster device plugins
use kind with podman and minikube with the podman driver, handle image loading and networking
move from compose to kubernetes with kompose, then reconcile with kube generate
follow step by step troubleshooting for dns hairpin and icmp, verify the exact hop
fix storage denials and relabel mistakes fast, keep the fix after reboot
spot yaml gaps in kube play and refactor before touching a cluster
ship with a release process that pins versions and adds change guards
This is a code heavy guide. Commands and manifests are complete and testable so you can run them as written and adapt them to your repository without guesswork.