Unable to create container: mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/machine.slice/<libpod>: no space left on device

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following error is encountered upon creating a container:
Error: OCI runtime error: runc: runc create failed: unable to start container process: unable to apply cgroup configuration: mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/machine.slice/libpod-xxxxx.scope: no space left on device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8
  • podman container platform

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