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{{< tabpane text=true >}} {{% tab header="Rootless" %}} To use podman command in the VM:

limactl start template://podman
limactl shell podman podman run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx:alpine

To use podman command on the host:

export CONTAINER_HOST=$(limactl list podman --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/podman.sock')
podman --remote run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx:alpine

To use docker command on the host:

export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list podman --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/podman.sock')
docker run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx:alpine

{{% /tab %}} {{% tab header="Rootful" %}} To use podman command in the VM:

limactl start template://podman-rootful
limactl shell podman-rootful sudo podman run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx:alpine

To use podman command on the host:

export CONTAINER_HOST=$(limactl list podman-rootful --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/podman.sock')
podman --remote run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx:alpine

To use docker command on the host:

export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list podman-rootful --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/podman.sock')
docker run -d --name nginx -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 docker.io/library/nginx:alpine

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