IntelliJ has support for working with Podman but there are some hoops you need to jump through first. The first obstacle is getting the podman API up and running continually. Normally the API is only up while needed and then shuts down. You can change this by creating a local systemd unit file that starts the API server for you when you log in. Here's the unit file:
[Unit]
Description=Podman API Service for IntelliJ
Documentation=man:podman-system-service(1)
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
Type=exec