CentOS Stream 9 – Common Problem 062 – Diagnosis and Fix

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Table of contents

1. Symptom & Impact
2. Environment & Reproduction
3. Root Cause Analysis
4. Quick Triage
5. Step-by-Step Diagnosis
6. Solution – Primary Fix
7. Solution – Alternative Approaches
8. Verification & Acceptance Criteria
9. Rollback Plan
10. Prevention & Hardening
11. Related Errors & Cross-Refs
12. References & Further Reading

Symptom & Impact

Containers fail to start with overlay driver errors.

Environment & Reproduction

After a kernel update or storage.conf change.

Root Cause Analysis

Driver in storage.conf doesn’t match what the running kernel supports.

Quick Triage

Check `podman info` for the storage graph driver.

Step-by-Step Diagnosis

Inspect `~/.config/containers/storage.conf` for driver and runroot.

Solution – Primary Fix

Reset rootless storage: `podman system reset` and pull images again.

Solution – Alternative Approaches

Pin the driver to `overlay` with `mount_program = /usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs` if needed.

Verification & Acceptance Criteria

Containers start and pull/run normally.

Rollback Plan

Restore prior storage.conf and re-import images from saved tarballs.

Prevention & Hardening

Test storage changes in a snapshot before applying widely.

Related Errors & Cross-Refs

Linked to fuse-overlayfs and SELinux context drift.

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References & Further Reading

Podman storage configuration documentation.