Announcement: Podman v4.5 is released!
by Lokesh Mandvekar
Hi list,
We are happy to announce that Podman v4.5 is now
available! Release announcement with the details here:
https://blog.podman.io/2023/04/new-release-podman-v4-5/ . A number of
improvements to `podman kube`, quadlet, a new command: `podman machine os
apply`, and more.
It is already available in the stable repositories for Fedora 37, 38 and
rawhide and should be making its way into other distributions soon.
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📣 Release announcement - Podman Desktop v0.14 - Introducing Kind support! 📣
by Charlie Drage
Podman Desktop v0.14 has been released!
Downloads are available from the download section
<https://podman-desktop.io/downloads> of the Podman Desktop website
<https://podman-desktop.io/>.
See below for our release notes:
Podman Desktop 0.14 - Our Kind-est release yet!
We have been working on a Kind extension for a while now, and decided it is
time to promote it into a release just in time for KubeCon and
CloudNativeCon Europe!
We're especially excited about releasing Kind because it finally shows the
full purpose of Podman Desktop: not just local container engines, but
Kubernetes too. More importantly, providing tools that allow you to manage
both environments and seamlessly move between them.
Some of these features were available in development mode over the last few
releases, but since they are now in the release build, we will do a full
roundup and talk about all the Kind features.
- *Kind Installation*: Install Kind from the status bar
- *Manage Kind Clusters*: Create and manage Kind clusters from Settings
> Resources
- *Using Kind*: Deploying YAML and sharing images to a cluster
- *Kind Ingress*: Install a Contour ingress controller
- *UX and UI Improvements*: Updated preferences and telemetry prompt
Podman Desktop 0.14 is now available. Click here to download it
<https://podman-desktop.io/downloads>!
[image: Podman-desktop-0-14-hero]
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>
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<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Release
details
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Kind
Installation
Get Kind up and running in seconds! The Kind extension is now bundled as
part of Podman Desktop 1421
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1421> and allows you
to easily install Kind directly from the status bar
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>
1257 <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1257>.
The installed kind CLI is available from the system shell 1516
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1516>, allowing you to
open a terminal window to kind get clusters or work with other tools.
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Manage
Kind Clusters
Once Kind is installed (or if you already had it), you can manage your
clusters in *Settings > Resources*. From here you can create Kind clusters
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>,
start/stop 1953 <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1953> or
delete 1977 <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1977> them.
[image: kind-clusters]
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>
The Kind control plane runs as a container. You will see this container in
the *Container* list and can also start or stop it from there.
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Using
Kind
Now that you have Kind installed and running, what can you do with it? If
you like terminals, you can always open one up and use the Kind CLI to interact
with your cluster
<https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#interacting-with-your-clu...>
.
Within Podman Desktop we have started with two ways to interact with the
cluster. The first is the ability to play local YAML files on your Kind (or
any other Kubernetes!) cluster 1261
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1261>. This allows you
to take existing Kubernetes YAML definitions - your deployments, services,
or other objects - and deploy it to the cluster.
As you deploy pods, they will automatically appear in the list of *Pods*
1263 <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1263>, allowing
you to start, stop, and interact them just like pods running on Podman.
One of the most common uses is to deploy a container that you have been
running on Podman, and this will fail if the image is not available in
Kind. To solve this we have made it easy to push images from Podman to Kind
1448 <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1448>.
[image: push-image-kind]
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Kind
Ingress
If you deploy a pod to Kind, you are also going to want to reach it! To do
this you will need to install a load balancer or ingress controller so that
the pod is accessible from outside the cluster. We made it easy to install
the Contour ingress controller while creating a Kind cluster 1675
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1675>, so if you
created your cluster with Podman Desktop it is already there!
[image: kind-ingress]
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>
We have several other Kind and Kubernetes features planned to expand the
supported scenarios, but hopefully this makes it easy to get started with
Kind and shows where we're headed. As always, feedback is appreciated!
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>UI
and UX improvements
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Updated
Preferences
The *Settings > Preferences* page has been updated with a new design 1913
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/pull/1913>, making it easier
to see and change preferences. Changes are live, no more Update button.
[image: preferences]
<https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/49404737/229498507-e754b55c-dcb...>
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Telemetry
Prompt
The prompt to enable or disable telemetry has been moved from its own
dialog into the *Welcome* screen. 1927
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/pull/1927> This is more
usable, one less prompt, and solves a window-layering issue for some users!
[image: telemetry prompt]
<https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19958075/229577331-365a9a01-042...>
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<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Other
notable enhancements
- Extension support for opening an external URL 2028
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/pull/2028> and accessing
the clipboard 2023
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/pull/2023>
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<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>
Documentation
Naturally, we have a section in the documentation just for Kind
<https://podman-desktop.io/docs/kubernetes/kind>.
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<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Notable
bug fixes
- Avoid a dialog box if unable to check for updates 2062
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/pull/2062>
- Unable to get to the Dashboard if Kind (or Kubernetes) cluster was not
running 2052 <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/2052>
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/blob/4cc280daf913bcb6d0530e2...>Final
notes
The complete list of issues fixed in this release is available here
<https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milesto...>
.
Get the latest release from the Downloads
<https://podman-desktop.io/downloads> section of the website and boost your
development journey with Podman Desktop. Additionally, visit the GitHub
repository <https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop> and see how you
can help us make Podman Desktop better.
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Charlie Drage
Senior Software Engineer
Red Hat (Canada)
1 year
