Switching CI runners to podman

playbooks/docker.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 - name: Install and configure Docker
-  hosts:
-    - ci_servers
-    - ci_runners
+  hosts: ci_servers
   become: true
 
   roles:

playbooks/podman.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+---
+
+- name: Install and configure Podman
+  hosts: ci_runners
+  become: true
+
+  vars:
+    # Packages common to both Debian and RHEL families
+    podman_base_packages:
+      - podman
+      - podman-docker
+
+    # Debian/Ubuntu specific packages
+    podman_debian_packages:
+      - podman-compose
+
+    # RHEL-family specific packages (adjust or add epel-release if compose is needed)
+    podman_rhel_packages: []
+
+    # Set to true if you need the Docker-compatible API socket (e.g., for Woodpecker CI)
+    podman_enable_socket: true
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Gather distribution-specific facts
+      ansible.builtin.setup:
+        gather_subset:
+          - "!all"
+          - distribution
+          - os_family
+
+    - name: Install Podman packages on Debian/Ubuntu
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name: "{{ podman_base_packages + podman_debian_packages }}"
+        state: present
+        update_cache: true
+        cache_valid_time: 3600
+      when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'Debian'
+
+    - name: Install Podman packages on RHEL/Rocky/AlmaLinux/CentOS
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        name: "{{ podman_base_packages + podman_rhel_packages }}"
+        state: present
+      when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == 'RedHat'
+
+    - name: Enable and start system-wide Podman socket
+      ansible.builtin.systemd:
+        name: podman.socket
+        state: started
+        enabled: true
+      when: podman_enable_socket
+
+    - name: Verify Podman installation
+      ansible.builtin.command: podman --version
+      register: podman_version_output
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Show installed Podman version
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Installed {{ podman_version_output.stdout }}"

playbooks/site.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   import_playbook: munin.yml
 - name: Gitea
   import_playbook: gitea.yml
+- name: Podman
+  import_playbook: podman.yml
 - name: Docker
   import_playbook: docker.yml
 - name: Apache