--- - name: Install Podman and dependencies for rootless operation ansible.builtin.apt: pkg: - podman # Required for rootless operation - uidmap # Use the newer network backend instead of the default CNI backend - netavark # Required for rootless networking - slirp4netns # Next two are required for config management - systemd-container - polkitd - name: Configure polkit for `machinectl` privilege escalation & config management ansible.builtin.template: src: machinectl.rules.j2 dest: /etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-machinectl.rules mode: "640" owner: root group: polkitd - name: Create group for managing rootless Podman environments ansible.builtin.group: name: "{{ sce_cfg_group }}" state: present - name: Add config management (Ansible) user to the rootless Podman managing group ansible.builtin.user: name: "{{ sce_cfg_user }}" groups: ["{{ sce_cfg_group }}"] append: true - name: Create service account(s) for running rootless Podman containers under ansible.builtin.user: name: "{{ item }}" password_lock: true comment: "Rootless Podman service account" # By default, subordinate id's are only allocated automatically for non-system accounts system: false state: present loop: "{{ sce_service_accounts }}"