Juggling with UIDs and GIDs: rootless container deployment with Ansible https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/ed80baf2-89f2-4d1d-8231-59ccd05b3376 This demo aims to share a convenient setup for maintaining a container environment using Podman and Ansible. The configuration is well-suited for home server applications as it enables the user to efficiently manage media files and execute sysadmin tasks without requiring root access. In particular, delegating the setup to a playbook that does not require root ensures that the system converges to the desired state without the need for a superuser. This short talk focuses on a common scenario where a rootless setup may require remapping UIDs and GIDs, which can be quite challenging to maintain over time. Due to the nature of these use cases, Ansible is frequently one of the best options for setting up, updating, and keeping a system up and running over time. Finally, this presentation covers other common needs of a container setup, such as the need to store secrets, manage services separated into logical units, and reproduce the setup on different systems. Speaker: Nicola Sella, Track: Containers devroom, Room: UB2.252A (Lameere), When: Saturday 3 February 2024, 15:00–15:10 (Brussels time), Schedule: FOSDEM 2024 event page, Slides & links Public repo, Slides, Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Belgium (CC BY 2.0 BE) (as stated in the FOSDEM video archive). Attribution: “Juggling with UIDs and GIDs: rootless container deployment with Ansible” by Nicola Sella, FOSDEM 2024. Original recording: 2024/ub2252a/fosdem-2024-3412-juggling-with-uids-and-gids-rootless-container-deployment-with-ansible.av1.webm from the FOSDEM video archive. This channel is an unofficial mirror; FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:16:36 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.watch Juggling with UIDs and GIDs: rootless container deployment with Ansible https://peertube.watch/lazy-static/avatars/3b284627-b75f-409e-ac2e-10f4c2946f43.png https://peertube.watch/videos/watch/ed80baf2-89f2-4d1d-8231-59ccd05b3376 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.watch/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.