diff --git a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_dependencies.yml b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_dependencies.yml
index c9a6c91..fcf1b21 100755
--- a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_dependencies.yml
+++ b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_dependencies.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
   with_items:
   - lvm2
   - iptables
+  - policycoreutils-python-utils
diff --git a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_docker.yml b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_docker.yml
deleted file mode 100755
index 95768eb..0000000
--- a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_docker.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Remove docker
-  package:
-    name: "{{ packages }}"
-    state: absent
-  vars:
-    packages:
-    - docker
-  register: remove_packages
-  retries: 10
-  delay: 30
-  until: remove_packages is success
-
-- name: disable SELinux
-  selinux:
-    state: disabled
-
-- name: Add Docker GPG Key
-  rpm_key:
-    key: "{{ docker_version_map[docker_version]['keys']['server'] }}"
-    state: present
-
-- name: Add RHEL8 Extras repository
-  shell: dnf config-manager --add-repo="{{ docker_version_map[docker_version]['repo'] }}"
-  register: repo_installed
-  retries: 10
-  delay: 30
-  until: repo_installed is success
-
-- name: Install docker
-  package:
-    name: "{{ docker_version_map[docker_version]['package'] }}"
-    state: present
-
-- name: Verify that fs.may_detach_mounts is enabled
-  lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/sysctl.conf
-    regexp: '^fs.may_detach_mounts'
-    line: 'fs.may_detach_mounts = 1'
-    create: yes
diff --git a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_podman.yml b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_podman.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f4fb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/install_podman.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: disable SELinux
+  selinux:
+    state: disabled
+
+- name: Install Podman
+  package:
+    name: "{{ podman_version_map[podman_version]['package'] }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    - "{{ podman_version_map[podman_version]['package'] }}"
+
+- name: Verify that fs.may_detach_mounts is enabled
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/sysctl.conf
+    regexp: '^fs.may_detach_mounts'
+    line: 'fs.may_detach_mounts = 1'
+    create: yes
diff --git a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/main.yml b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/main.yml
index 9bbd4a5..e4dc450 100755
--- a/tasks/base/RedHat-8/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/base/RedHat-8/main.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
   ignore_errors: true
 
 - include_tasks: install_dependencies.yml
-- include_tasks: install_docker.yml
-  tags: [install_docker, destructive]
\ No newline at end of file
+- ansible.builtin.include_tasks: install_podman.yml
+  tags: [install_docker, destructive]
+  when: container_engine == "Podman"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/base/general/configure_podman.yml b/tasks/base/general/configure_podman.yml
index f065917..0c295dd 100755
--- a/tasks/base/general/configure_podman.yml
+++ b/tasks/base/general/configure_podman.yml
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@
     daemon_reload: yes
   loop:
     - podman.service
-    - podman.socket
\ No newline at end of file
+    - podman.socket
+    - podman-restart.service
diff --git a/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml b/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml
index a6434fd..8ad65cd 100755
--- a/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml
+++ b/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 - name: Monitor installer progress
   ansible.builtin.shell: 
-    cmd: tail -n 5 /mnt/data/elastic/logs/bootstrap-logs/bootstrap.log
+    cmd: "tail -n 5 {{ data_dir }}/elastic/logs/bootstrap-logs/bootstrap.log"
   until: "'[no.found.util.LogApplicationExit$] Application is exiting {}' in ece_installer_result_text.stdout"
   register: ece_installer_result_text
   retries: 192
diff --git a/vars/os_RedHat_8.yml b/vars/os_RedHat_8.yml
index 1f5907e..59d834a 100644
--- a/vars/os_RedHat_8.yml
+++ b/vars/os_RedHat_8.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,12 @@
 ---
-docker_unit_after: "multi-user.target"
-docker_storage_driver: overlay2
 bootloader_update_command: grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg
 conntrack_module: ip_conntrack
-container_engine: Docker
+container_engine: Podman
 
-# Docker version mapping
-docker_version_map:
-  "19.03":
-    name: 'Docker-CE'
+# Podman version mapping
+podman_version_map:
+  "4.9.4":
+    name: "podman"
     package:
-      - docker-ce-19.03.13
-      - docker-ce-cli-19.03.13
-      - containerd.io-1.5.11
-    repo: https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
-    keys:
-      server: https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/gpg
-      id: 060A 61C5 1B55 8A7F 742B 77AA C52F EB6B 621E 9F35
-  "20.10":
-    name: 'Docker-CE'
-    package:
-      - docker-ce-20.10.8
-      - docker-ce-cli-20.10.8
-      - containerd.io-1.5.11
-    repo: https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
-    keys:
-      server: https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/gpg
-      id: 060A 61C5 1B55 8A7F 742B 77AA C52F EB6B 621E 9F35
+      - podman-4.9.4
+      - podman-remote-4.9.4