OpenShift Local with Podman Desktop

OpenShift Local is a tool designed to run an OpenShift cluster directly on your local machine.

Install Podman Desktop

Install the Podman Engine

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y podman

Download and Extract Podman Desktop

Download the latest Linux tarball

Podman Desktop for Linux

# Move to the folder where you downloaded the file
cd ~/Downloads

# Extract the archive to /opt
sudo tar -xzf podman-desktop-*.tar.gz -C /opt

# Rename the extracted folder for easier referencing
sudo mv /opt/podman-desktop-* /opt/podman-desktop

Download logo

wget https://podman-desktop.io/img/logo.svg

sudo cp logo.svg /opt/podman-desktop/resources/podman-desktop.svg

Add to Your Application Launcher Menu

create a .desktop file

Location: ~/.local/share/applications/podman-desktop.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Podman Desktop
Comment=Manage Podman and other container engines
Exec=/opt/podman-desktop/podman-desktop %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/podman-desktop/resources/podman-desktop.svg
Categories=Development;IDE;
StartupWMClass=Podman Desktop

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Install the OpenShift Local extension

Install the OpenShift Local binary

Download

tar -xvf crc-linux-amd64.tar.xz

sudo mv crc-linux-2.63.0-amd64/crc /usr/local/bin

Configure your system

crc setup

Your system is correctly setup for using CRC. Use 'crc start' to start the instance.