Preface


Install Red Hat build of Podman Desktop by using the Windows installer. Set up a lightweight Linux virtual machine known as the Podman machine. For optimal performance and ease of use, set Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2) as your default. Alternatively, you can choose Hyper-V to provision the Podman machine. However, you must have administrator privileges to enable either WSL 2 or Hyper-V.

The onboarding workflow helps you install the Podman engine and create a default Podman machine. It also offers optional CLI tools, such as kubectl and compose.

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