Application Development with Podman

Use Podman as a Docker alternative to set up a local development environment for a full-stack cloud-native application.

alpha2phi
6 min readJul 26, 2024
Application Development with Podman

The source code for the sample application is available at the GitHub repository.

· Getting Started
Installation
Additional Configuration
· Configuration Files
.env
docker-compose.yml
· Database
PostgreSQL
Database Management
Database Migration
· Caching using Redis
· Frontend Application
· Backend Application
· AWS Services using LocalStack
· Skipper

Getting Started

Docker requires a subscription to use. Though the Personal subscription is free, it comes with limitations. For example, we are limited to 200 image pulls per 6 hours. This article looks into Podman, a free and open-source tool that works seamlessly with containers and Kubernetes.

Installation

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alpha2phi

Software engineer, Data Science and ML practitioner.