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The Astro CLI automatically runs Podman containers whenever you run a command that requires them. You can switch between Podman and Docker as your container management engine to run Astro CLI commands.

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Prerequisites

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Switch between Podman and Docker

To run CLI commands in Docker containers, run the following command:
If you need to switch back to using Podman again, run the following command:
If you want to switch between Docker and Podman on a specific project without changing the global configuration, run these commands without the -g.