Podman and Buildah permission error when building a container image in an OpenShift Pipelines task

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Error creating mount namespace before pivot: operation not permitted when calling podman build or buildah bud
  • starting container process caused: mounting \"/dev\" to rootfs at \"/dev\" caused: mount through procfd: permission denied when calling podman build or buildah bud

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4.x
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

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