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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Bootable AI Containers with Podman Desktop

Cedric Clyburn , Kevin Dubois

Configuration drift ruins AI deployments. Eliminate dependency headaches by treating your entire operating system as a reproducible artifact. Learn to build bootable AI containers using Podman Desktop.

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#1 about 3 min

Introduction and CNCF open source tool donations

An overview of the session schedule and the donation of container-native tools to the CNCF.

#2 about 5 min

Evolving from application containers to bootable systems

How the principles of application containers address infrastructure configuration drift by creating immutable operating systems.

#3 about 6 min

Building and updating system images with Bootc

Using standard tooling to compile operating systems via container files and deploying continuous updates with Bootc.

#4 about 3 min

Optimizing AI deployments with bootable containers

Packaging models close to the hardware to improve inference times and manage Python dependencies effectively.

#5 about 2 min

Managing containerized infrastructure with Podman Desktop

Utilizing open source GUI tools to build container images and export them directly into specific disk formats.

#6 about 6 min

Developing a containerized AI code assistant locally

Running localized AI development workflows using extensions and containerized inference servers.

#7 about 7 min

Converting AI applications into bootable OS disk images

Compiling the code assistant app, model container, and system dependencies into a bare metal deployable image file.

Matching moments

2:06 min

Managing operating systems as containers with bootc

Ben Breard Ben Breard · World Congress 2025

3:11 min

Building local containerized models with Podman AI Lab

Cedric Clyburn Cedric Clyburn · World Congress 2024

2:01 min

Building native Linux systems using standard container files

Christian Koep Christian Koep · World Congress 2025

2:20 min

Running an AI model locally using Podman AI Lab

Cedric Clyburn Cedric Clyburn +1 · World Congress 2025

4:31 min

Addressing local development challenges with Podman Desktop

Stevan Le Meur Stevan Le Meur · World Congress 2024

1:39 min

Creating bootable operating systems with the bootc project

Goetz Rieger Goetz Rieger · World Congress 2025

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