There is a minecraft bedrock server image over at github https://github.com/itzg/docker-minecraft-bedrock-server maintained by Geoff Bourne. Here is how to run it with podman.

First, install podman if you haven't already.

apt-get install podman

Pull the latest image of minecraft-bedrock-server from docker.io

podman pull docker.io/itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server

Create a 'pod' with port forwarding. This is like a grouping of 'pods' or pod containers. We'll call it 'minecraft' and setup default minecraft tcp/upd port forwarding.

podman pod create --name minecraft -p 19132:19132 -p 19132:19132/udp

We're now ready to run the container

podman run -d                        `# run in the background` \
           -it                       `# keep stdout interactive` \
           -v ./minecraftdata:/data  `# expose local folder with minecraft world and configs` \
           -e EULA=TRUE              `# accept EULA` \
           --pod=minecraft           `# using the pod grouping created above` \
           --name=minecraft_creative `# name this container` \
           --restart=unless-stopped  `# restart when container hangs` \
           itzg/minecraft-bedrock-server  `# the minecraft docker image we're running`

And thats it! Our very own, local minecraft server with podman, try joining the world from a client.

Other useful commands with podman, to stop and start or remove the container, or to look up running statistics.

podman stop minecraft_creative
podman start minecraft_creative       
podman rm minecraft_creative
podman stats minecraft_creative 

To connect to the tty of the container and examine the logs or stdout

podman attach minecraft_creative