How do I migrate my Docker containers to Podman prior to moving from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?

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Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 provides the docker package, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 deprecates docker in favor of podman.
  • We have a number of containers running within Docker. How do we ensure migration of our existing Docker containers to Podman?
  • We are planning on either manually reinstalling our system to a later version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or using leapp to move from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • What steps can we take to migrate existing Docker containers to podman?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with Docker, intending to move to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with Podman.

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