Podman error: kernel does not support overlay fs: 'overlay' is not supported over xfs

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Issue

  • Podman commands don't work and return an overlay fs error
  • ERRO[0000] [graphdriver] prior storage driver overlay failed: kernel does not support overlay fs: 'overlay' is not supported over xfs at "/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay": backing file system is unsupported for this graph driver
  • Error: could not get runtime: kernel does not support overlay fs: 'overlay' is not supported over xfs at "/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay": backing file system is unsupported for this graph driver

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.7
  • podman version 1.4.4

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