podman machine init failing on wsl-2

[mwoodpatrick]

Issue Description

Running:

podman machine init --cpus 4 --disk-size 50 --image docker://registry/repo/archlinux: latest --memory 8192 --username mwoodpatrick --volume /mnt:/mnt westie-arch

fails with:

Looking up Podman Machine image at docker.io/registry/repo/archlinux:latest to create VM
Error: reading manifest latest in docker.io/registry/repo/archlinux: requested access to the resource is denied

However running:

podman image pull archlinux:latest

Works as expected

Steps to reproduce the issue

On WSL-2 version: 2.2.1.0 run:

podman machine init --cpus 4 --disk-size 50 --image docker://registry/repo/archlinux: latest --memory 8192 --username mwoodpatrick --volume /mnt:/mnt westie-arch

Describe the results you received

fails with:

Looking up Podman Machine image at docker.io/registry/repo/archlinux:latest to create VM
Error: reading manifest latest in docker.io/registry/repo/archlinux: requested access to the resource is denied

Describe the results you expected

Podman machine would be created

podman info output

host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.35.3
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpu
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: /usr/bin/conmon is owned by conmon 1:2.1.10-1
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.10, commit: 2dcd736e46ded79a53339462bc251694b150f870'
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 99.94
    systemPercent: 0.03
    userPercent: 0.03
  cpus: 12
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: westie
    version: "00.03"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2048
  hostname: mlwphpenvy360
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 65536
  kernel: 5.15.150.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 32433070080
  memTotal: 33509527552
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: /usr/lib/podman/aardvark-dns is owned by aardvark-dns 1.10.0-1
      path: /usr/lib/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.10.0
    package: /usr/lib/podman/netavark is owned by netavark 1.10.3-1
    path: /usr/lib/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.10.3
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: /usr/bin/crun is owned by crun 1.14.4-1
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.14.4
      commit: a220ca661ce078f2c37b38c92e66cf66c012d9c1
      rundir: /run/user/1000/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/sbin/pasta
    package: /usr/bin/pasta is owned by passt 2024_03_26.4988e2b-2
    version: |
      pasta 2024_03_26.4988e2b
      Copyright Red Hat
      GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
        <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
      This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
      There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  remoteSocket:
    exists: false
    path: /run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /etc/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: false
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/sbin/slirp4netns
    package: /usr/bin/slirp4netns is owned by slirp4netns 1.2.3-1
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.2.3
      commit: c22fde291bb35b354e6ca44d13be181c76a0a432
      libslirp: 4.7.0
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 4
      libseccomp: 2.5.5
  swapFree: 8588873728
  swapTotal: 8589934592
  uptime: 0h 43m 39.00s
  variant: ""
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries: {}
store:
  configFile: /home/mwoodpatrick/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 0
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /home/mwoodpatrick/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 1081101176832
  graphRootUsed: 4517654528
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 1
  runRoot: /run/user/1000/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /home/mwoodpatrick/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 5.0.1
  Built: 1712088128
  BuiltTime: Tue Apr  2 13:02:08 2024
  GitCommit: 946d055df324e4ed6c1e806b561af4740db4fea9-dirty
  GoVersion: go1.22.1
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 5.0.1

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

None

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Additional environment details

Additional information

Additional information like issue happens only occasionally or issue happens with a particular architecture or on a particular setting

[mwoodpatrick]

Also this run command fails:

podman run -it docker://registry/repo/archlinux:latest bash

fails with:

Trying to pull docker.io/registry/repo/archlinux:latest...
Error: initializing source docker://registry/repo/archlinux:latest: reading manifest latest in docker.io/registry/repo/archlinux: requested access to the resource is denied

However, as noted above pulling the image works as does a run using this pulled image:

podman run -it archlinux:latest bash

Running:

podman image ls

shows:

REPOSITORY                   TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED      SIZE
docker.io/library/archlinux  latest      0cda8061254a  3 weeks ago  446 MB

[rhatdan]

The specification "registry/repo" is invalid, there is no archlinux at this location.

[mwoodpatrick]

Would be helpful if the podman docs:

https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine-init.1.html

Gave an example of using the --image command to initialize a podman machine. The archlinux docker image does exist:

https://hub.docker.com/_/archlinux

podman image ls

shows:

REPOSITORY                   TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED      SIZE
docker.io/library/archlinux  latest      0cda8061254a  3 weeks ago  446 MB

But running:

podman machine init --cpus 4 --disk-size 50 --image docker://docker.io/library/archlinux:latest --memory 8192 --username mwoodpatrick --volume /mnt:/mnt westie-archpodman

also fails, what should the working command line look like?