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// Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 IBM Corporation and others.
// Copyright (c) 2022, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
// Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives
// 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
// https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
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Before you begin, Podman needs to be installed. For installation instructions, refer to the https://podman.io/getting-started/installation[official Podman documentation^]. You will build and run the microservices in containers.

If you are running Mac or Windows, make sure to start your Podman-managed VM before you proceed.
If you are running Mac or Windows, make sure to initialize and start your Podman-managed VM before you proceed.

On Windows, Podman runs in rootless mode by default, which does not assign a container IP address. Because the `system` and `inventory` microservices need to communicate between containers, you must initialize Podman in https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine-init.1.html#rootful[rootful^] mode to enable proper networking.

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// Getting started
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