Building an image on your container engine

With Podman Desktop, you can build an image from a Containerfile on your container engine.

Prerequisites

• Your Containerfile: Containerfile or Dockerfile.

Procedure

1. Go to Images.
2. Click Build an image.
3. On the Build Image from Containerfile screen
   1. Containerfile path: select the Containerfile or Dockerfile to build.
   2. Image Name: enter your image name, such as my-image. If you want to push the image to a registry, use the fully qualified image name that your registry requires, such as quay.io/my-repository/my-image, ghcr.io/my-repository/my-image, or docker.io/my-repository/my-image.
   3. Click Build.
   4. Click Done.

Verification

1. Go to Images.
2. : Enter your image name, such as quay.io/my-repository/my-image, ghcr.io/my-repository/my-image, or docker.io/my-repository/my-image.
3. Click the line with your image name.
4. Go to History.
   1. Click the content area to activate it.
   2. Enter Ctrl + F on Windows and Linux, or ⌘ + F on macOS to start searching in the content.
5. Go to Inspect.
   1. Click the content area to activate it.
   2. Enter Ctrl + F on Windows and Linux, or ⌘ + F on macOS to start searching in the content.
6. Click ..
   1. You see the Create a container screen.