Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Rootless

Training, Tips and Tricks
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The Problem:
Solace PubSub+ Event Broker software users have wanted to run PubSub+ containers rootless. This how-to aims to evaluate how to accomplish this with PubSub+ v9.4 and Podman from a container namespaces security stand point.

What is Podman:
Podman is a daemonless container engine. It is a drop-in replacement for Docker, such that alias docker=podman works just fine. Podman is gaining popularity as a secure Docker alternative. It was created by RedHat as an opensource project. It has enterprise support and features for Kubernetes and OpenShift.

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Checkout this Github page for the step-by-step instructions of how I did it: https://github.com/vek0ng/solace-psp-rootless.

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@Victor PubSub+ v9.4 is live now in cloud based pubsub+ message brokers? Observed https://console.solace.cloud/ one as v9.3.1.17 … just checking.

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Correct. The current PubSub+ message broker on Solace Cloud is v9.3.1.17. Our Cloud Team plans to roll out v9.6 as the next load. This rollout will begin in August and take a month or so to complete.