Podman on mac not connecting.

[gedw99]

This is a cool approach - thanks for putting this up.

i did the setup on Mac...

sw_vers
ProductName:	macOS
ProductVersion:	11.7.4
BuildVersion:	20G1120

brew install podman
brew install gpgme

podman --version
podman version 4.4.4

podman machine init -v $HOME:$HOME
podman machine start

apple@x-MacBook-Pro-2 nktest % podman machine list
NAME                     VM TYPE     CREATED         LAST UP            CPUS        MEMORY      DISK SIZE
podman-machine-default*  qemu        15 minutes ago  Currently running  1           2.147GB     107.4GB
apple@x-MacBook-Pro-2 nktest % podman machine start
Error: cannot start VM podman-machine-default: VM already running or starting

But cant connect. I am new to Podman :)

nktest % ls
LICENSE  README.md  config.yml.tpl  ctx.go  docker.go  example_test.go	go.mod	go.sum	log.go	nksample  nktest.go  nktest_test.go  podman.go	proxy.go  runner.go
apple@x-MacBook-Pro-2 nktest % DEBUG=1 go test -v
go: downloading golang.org/x/term v0.2.0
go: downloading github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20210619224110-3f7ff695adc6
go: downloading golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220919173607-35f4265a4bc0
go: downloading golang.org/x/net v0.2.0
go: downloading google.golang.org/grpc v1.49.0
go: downloading google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20220720214146-176da50484ac
error: unable to create podman client: unable to open podman connection: unable to connect to Podman socket: Get "http://d/v4.3.1/libpod/_ping": dial unix /var/run/podman/podman.sock: connect: no such file or directory
exit status 1
FAIL	github.com/ascii8/nktest	0.891s
apple@x-MacBook-Pro-2 nktest % 

[gedw99]

do i have to enable docker compatibility maybe ?

[ascii8]

@gedw while nktest was working with macOS (m1 hardware) some time ago, the recent changes to podman are not currently working. it works fine under linux. you can try manually specifying the podman host, or trying to use it with docker, but it's not likely going to work.

we use nktest primarily for CI/CD tests, which run 100% under linux, and works great out of the box with nktest. i have some time this weekend, so i'll try to get it running again on macOS. believe me, i'd like this to work out of the box with podman on macOS, but i have limited time re-debug podman on macOS for every major podman release, as i don't use macOS on a day-to-day basis.

i'd appreciate your help/assistance with this, especially if you're a regular macOS user. if you were so inclined to try out some tests, i'd suggest trying to get other containers working with podman, with local volume mounts. the last time i was trying this, i had issues with running the postgres container and gave up.

it's worth noting that the way podman works on macOS is that it runs a full VM using qemu, and then connects (over ssh) to the VM and uses that VM's podman host. i understand it'd be great to just be able to use it natively on macOS, but as a workaround that would net you the same workflow, i'd suggest running a small linux vm yourself on macOS, with a directory mounted on your host macOS, and then shell in and use it for tests. you'd still be able use the macOS UI/apps for developing, just would need to run tests under your linux vm.

[gedw99]

I got podman working with other containers. Works very well ! Much better than colima etc…

I enabled docker and docker compose integration.

In .zshrc i added a docker alias also.

so will also try again this weekend.

[BSantosCoding]

Any news on this? Been wanting to run tests with nktest too, and cant use it out of the box either.

[RomanPrudkogliad]

@ascii8 @gedw99 any updates, I stuck with same issue when running nkTest locally on my mac. Or mb there is any workaround for this time?

[BSantosCoding]

@ascii8 @gedw99 any updates, I stuck with same issue when running nkTest locally on my mac. Or mb there is any workaround for this time?

Tried reaching out to him with no success, here and on nakamas forums.

[svenelvelt]

Got it running by exporting CONTAINER_HOST to the one specified by podman:
export CONTAINER_HOST=/var/run/docker.sock

[BSantosCoding]

Got it running by exporting CONTAINER_HOST to the one specified by podman: export CONTAINER_HOST=/var/run/docker.sock

Just tried, not working for me either sadly

[gedw99]

I changed to orb stack and it’s been totally painless

[BSantosCoding]

I changed to orb stack and it’s been totally painless

Any quick guide I could follow for that?

[gedw99]

Just download it and it just works.

It’s really good .

uninstall all docker crap first.

[BSantosCoding]

Just download it and it just works.

It’s really good .

uninstall all docker crap first.

Just did that (loving orbstack btw) but for nktest, get similar error

[gedw99]

I’m not familiar with nktest