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feat(run-spaceapp): support rootless Podman as a container engine - #144
Adds engine ("docker" | "podman") to config.json validation and prepareInstallation (refusing in-place engine switches on existing installations with backup/reinstall/restore guidance, and rejecting --access host-root with Podman).
Writes compose.podman.yml when engine === "podman" to set userns_mode: "keep-id:uid=10001,gid=10001" for spaceapp-core, spaceapp-cli, and spaceapp-browser, and annotates workspace bind mounts in compose.workspaces.yml with bind: { selinux: "z" }.
Dispatches composeCommand with podman compose and runs backup/restore under 10001:10001 on Podman so files created in ./backups match the mapped host user.
Adds podmanIsReady, detectAvailableEngines, ensurePodmanAvailable, podmanInstallHelp, and checkPodmanMachineResources (validating podman machine inspect CPU, RAM, and disk on macOS against the selected profile and printing podman machine set commands when undersized).
Updates inspectStoragePlan to query the configured engine, handle bare 64-character image IDs from podman image inspect, measure store.graphRoot on Linux, and probe free disk inside the Podman VM on macOS via podman machine ssh df -k.
Adds "podman" to trustedCommands and static spawnTrustedCommand dispatch.
Supports --engine docker|podman on install and reinstall, --answers engine selection, and interactive fallback to Podman when Docker is not installed on Linux/macOS.
Updates doctor and support-bundle to report Podman version, rootless mode, cgroup version, and CPU/memory controller delegation.
Tests, CI & Docs:
Adds packages/run-spaceapp/tests/podman.test.mjs (182 passing tests across the run-spaceapp test suite).
Adds the podman-linux job in .github/workflows/platform-matrix.yml exercising a full rootless Podman small install, /readyz check, doctor, backup, and uninstall --purge-data.
Updates README.md, docs/getting-started.md, and packages/run-spaceapp/README.md.
Added rootless Podman as an alternative to Docker on Linux and macOS, with command-line and interactive setup options.
Added engine-aware runtime operations, diagnostics, backups, restores, and setup checks.
Added Podman-specific resource checks and support for selecting the engine during installation.
Existing installations cannot switch engines directly; switching requires backing up, reinstalling, and restoring. Podman does not support host-root access.
Documentation
Updated installation prerequisites and getting-started guides to cover Podman requirements, limitations, and engine switching.
The launcher adds rootless Podman support alongside Docker. Users can select an engine during installation, and the selected engine is used by runtime and lifecycle commands. The change adds Podman readiness and resource checks, documentation, tests, and a CI installation flow.
Changes: Rootless Podman engine support
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Engine configuration and selection packages/run-spaceapp/src/index.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/src/prerequisites.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs
Configuration and installation flows accept Docker or Podman. The CLI supports explicit and interactive selection, and prerequisite checks cover Podman readiness and macOS machine resources.
Podman Compose and storage execution packages/run-spaceapp/src/index.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/src/storage.mjs, packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs
Runtime generation adds Podman Compose settings and SELinux relabeling. Compose and storage operations use the configured engine. Podman backup and restore use 10001:10001.
Lifecycle commands and engine diagnostics packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs
Install, repair, update, rollback, backup, restore, and reset flows use the configured engine. Doctor and support bundles collect engine-specific details.
Tests cover Podman behavior and engine selection. Documentation describes Podman requirements and limits. CI exercises a small-profile Podman installation, backup, and uninstall.
sequenceDiagram
participant CLI
participant Prerequisites
participant RuntimeFiles
participant Podman
CLI->>Prerequisites: Check Podman readiness and platform requirements
CLI->>RuntimeFiles: Generate Podman Compose configuration
CLI->>Podman: Run commands with the selected engine
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Possibly related issues
oll4com/spaceapp#63 requests rootless Podman support. This PR implements engine selection, Podman runtime behavior, checks, documentation, and CI related to that objective.
Possibly related PRs
oll4com/spaceapp#246: Implements the same Podman engine selection, runtime, prerequisites, storage, diagnostics, documentation, and CI behavior.
oll4com/spaceapp#260: Covers the same Docker-or-Podman behavior, including engine persistence, Podman commands, checks, and diagnostics.
oll4com/spaceapp#261: Implements overlapping rootless Podman runtime, checks, storage, and CI support.
Suggested reviewers:oll4com
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Podman installs can run workspace, user, backup extras and restore extras commands through Docker without the Podman overlay, which can fail or misconfigure permissions. The new CI job may also fail at its uninstall step. Fix both before merging; the per-user mount gap is narrower.
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Issue #63 requires the supported Compose provider and minimum versions. The launcher README states Podman 5 or newer with Compose support, but it does not name the provider or state the provider minim…
Document the supported Compose provider and its minimum version in the launcher documentation. Add reviewable automated or CI coverage for the required medium and large Linux lifecycle paths, SELinux-enforcing workspace mounts, and macOS Po…
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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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The changed source, tests, CI workflow, and documentation support issue #63. They cover Podman selection, engine dispatch, storage checks, diagnostics, engine-switch safeguards, host-root rejection, C…
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Issue #63 requires the supported Compose provider and minimum versions. The launcher README states Podman 5 or newer with Compose support, but it does not name the provider or state the provider minimum version. The reviewed CI workflow runs only the Linux small profile. The available tests check configuration, command construction, and machine-resource logic, but they do not establish lifecycle coverage for medium and large profiles, SELinux-enforcing workspace mounts, or a macOS Podman installation.
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Document the supported Compose provider and its minimum version in the launcher documentation. Add reviewable automated or CI coverage for the required medium and large Linux lifecycle paths, SELinux-enforcing workspace mounts, and macOS Podman installation, or provide equivalent reviewable execution evidence.
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The test overrides process.platform instead of passing platform: "darwin".
inspectStoragePlan now accepts a platform parameter. Pass platform: "darwin" as an argument. A global override can leak into concurrent tests.
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- Around line 84-88: Update the Podman download in the workflow step to use a
fixed release version instead of `releases/latest`, and verify the downloaded
archive against that release’s SHA256 before extracting or installing it. Keep
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- Around line 135-138: Update the purge confirmation prompt’s readSecret call to
assign the answerKey “confirm,” so the existing --answers value supplies the
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- Around line 787-803: Update the Podman fallback around `explicitEngine` and
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- Around line 1188-1194: Update the condition guarding the “Which container
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show the prompt on non-Windows platforms instead of requiring an engine answer
to already exist in the prompt controller.
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- Around line 173-174: Update the macOS Podman branch in `storageChecks` to use
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not assume the cause is a non-default machine connection.
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Several composeCommand call sites do not pass engine, so they run docker compose on Podman installations.
composeCommand selects the engine from options.engine ?? options.config?.engine ?? "docker". These call sites pass only profile, companionsEnabled, and sometimes service:
Line 1938: workspaceCommand → applyWorkspaces.
Line 1994: exportArchive, used by backup through addBackupExtras.
Line 2034: restoreUserState.
Line 2050: restoreBackupExtras, used by restore.
Line 2139: waitForUserCli.
Line 2158: userCommand → apply.
On a Podman installation, each of these commands runs docker compose, and compose.podman.yml is not included. Two outcomes follow:
No Docker CLI installed: the backup extras and restore extras fail silently. workspace add and user changes print "could not pick it up".
Docker CLI installed: the Compose project is recreated without keep-id. Workspace and secret permissions can then break.
The new CI job hides this problem. It exports DOCKER_HOST to the Podman socket, and the runner has a docker binary.
Pass the engine explicitly at every call site. For example:
Apply the same engine: config.engine (or updated.engine) change at Lines 2034, 2050, 2139, and 2158.
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Pass the purge confirmation under the key expected by the CLI.
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Podman SELinux relabeling is missing for per-user CLI containers.
This block adds selinux: "z" only to the owner mounts. When config.users is defined, the bind helper at Lines 718-723 renders each user's workspace mounts without relabeling. renderPodmanCompose also sets userns_mode only for spaceapp-core, spaceapp-cli, and spaceapp-browser. It sets nothing for the spaceapp-cli-<slug> services.
validateConfig blocks only host-root with Podman. user enable and user add therefore remain reachable on a Podman installation. On an SELinux host, those user containers cannot write to workspace mounts. They also run without keep-id.
Extract one bind-mount builder that takes isPodman. Use it for both the owner mounts and bind. Add the per-user services to renderPodmanCompose, or reject user enable for Podman until they are supported.
Then replace the local bind helper at Lines 718-723 with bindMount.
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SELinux relabeling consistently. In `renderPodmanCompose`, include the
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Closes #63
Summary
Adds rootless Podman (
podman compose) as a supported container engine inrun-spaceappon Linux and macOS alongside Docker.Changes
packages/run-spaceapp/src/index.mjs):engine("docker" | "podman") toconfig.jsonvalidation andprepareInstallation(refusing in-place engine switches on existing installations with backup/reinstall/restore guidance, and rejecting--access host-rootwith Podman).compose.podman.ymlwhenengine === "podman"to setuserns_mode: "keep-id:uid=10001,gid=10001"forspaceapp-core,spaceapp-cli, andspaceapp-browser, and annotates workspace bind mounts incompose.workspaces.ymlwithbind: { selinux: "z" }.composeCommandwithpodman composeand runsbackup/restoreunder10001:10001on Podman so files created in./backupsmatch the mapped host user.packages/run-spaceapp/src/prerequisites.mjs,packages/run-spaceapp/src/storage.mjs):podmanIsReady,detectAvailableEngines,ensurePodmanAvailable,podmanInstallHelp, andcheckPodmanMachineResources(validatingpodman machine inspectCPU, RAM, and disk on macOS against the selected profile and printingpodman machine setcommands when undersized).inspectStoragePlanto query the configured engine, handle bare 64-character image IDs frompodman image inspect, measurestore.graphRooton Linux, and probe free disk inside the Podman VM on macOS viapodman machine ssh df -k.packages/run-spaceapp/src/cli.mjs):"podman"totrustedCommandsand staticspawnTrustedCommanddispatch.--engine docker|podmanoninstallandreinstall,--answersengine selection, and interactive fallback to Podman when Docker is not installed on Linux/macOS.doctorandsupport-bundleto report Podman version, rootless mode, cgroup version, and CPU/memory controller delegation.packages/run-spaceapp/tests/podman.test.mjs(182 passing tests across therun-spaceapptest suite).podman-linuxjob in.github/workflows/platform-matrix.ymlexercising a full rootless Podmansmallinstall,/readyzcheck,doctor,backup, anduninstall --purge-data.README.md,docs/getting-started.md, andpackages/run-spaceapp/README.md.Verification
node --test packages/run-spaceapp/tests/*.test.mjs(182 pass, 0 fail)npm run check -w run-spaceappnpm run pack:dry-run -w run-spaceappSummary by CodeRabbit
host-rootaccess.