Podman Manager

Deploy and manage containers for your applications.

Admin Enable Required Podman Manager must be enabled by your administrator. Contact them if you don't see this feature.

What is Podman?

Podman is a container runtime similar to Docker, but runs containers rootless by default. You can use it to deploy applications like WordPress, Nextcloud, Ghost, and more.

Viewing Your Containers

Navigate to Podman Manager in your panel. You'll see:

Deploying a New Container

1

Click "Deploy New Container"

Button is in the top-right of the Podman Manager page.

2

Basic Settings

FieldRequiredDescription
NameYesContainer identifier (alphanumeric, underscore, hyphen)
ImageYesDocker image (e.g., docker.io/library/wordpress:latest)
Container PortYesPort inside the container
DomainYesSelect your domain
Relative PathNoPath prefix (e.g., /blog)
3

Environment Variables

Add required environment variables for your application:

KeyDescription
WORDPRESS_DB_HOSTDatabase host
WORDPRESS_DB_USERDatabase username
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORDDatabase password
WORDPRESS_DB_NAMEDatabase name

Click + to add more variables.

4

Volumes (Optional)

Mount directories from your host to the container:

FieldDescription
Host PathDirectory on your server
Container PathMount point inside container
5

Restart Policy

PolicyBehavior
NoNever auto-restart
AlwaysRestart always (recommended)
On FailureRestart only if exits with error
6

Deploy

Click Deploy. Container deployment runs in the background.

Popular Application Templates

WordPress

SettingValue
Imagedocker.io/library/wordpress:latest
Port80
Required EnvWORDPRESS_DB_HOST, WORDPRESS_DB_USER, WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD, WORDPRESS_DB_NAME

Nextcloud

SettingValue
Imagedocker.io/library/nextcloud:latest
Port80
Required EnvMYSQL_DATABASE, MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD, MYSQL_HOST

Ghost

SettingValue
Imagedocker.io/library/ghost:alpine
Port2368
Required Envurl, database__client, database__connection__host, database__connection__user, database__connection__password, database__connection__database

Managing Containers

Start Container

  1. Click on the container
  2. Click Start
  3. Wait for notification

Stop Container

  1. Click on the container
  2. Click Stop
  3. Container shuts down gracefully

Delete Container

  1. Click on the container
  2. Click Delete
  3. Container and its data are removed
Data Loss Deleting a container removes all data stored inside. Use volumes to persist data on the host.

View Logs

  1. Click on the container
  2. Click Logs
  3. View last 100 lines of output

View Statistics

  1. Click on a running container
  2. Click Stats
  3. See real-time CPU, memory, network usage

Searching Images

Find images on Docker Hub:

  1. Click Search Images
  2. Enter search term (e.g., "nginx", "postgres")
  3. Browse results from Docker Hub

Inspecting Images

View environment variables supported by an image:

  1. Select an image from search results
  2. Click Inspect Image
  3. View all supported environment variables

Common Issues

Container Fails to Start

Port Already in Use

Choose a different port or stop the conflicting service.

Environment Variable Not Recognized

Use Inspect Image to see the correct variable names for your image.

Backing Up Container Data

To preserve container data:

  1. Use volumes to mount host directories
  2. Regularly backup the mounted host directories
  3. Container configuration is saved in Simuzo
Best Practice Always use volumes for data you want to persist. Container filesystem is ephemeral and data is lost on deletion.

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