12.3. Auto-starting containers using systemd

Procedure

1. Reload systemd manager configuration:

   # systemctl --user daemon-reload

2. Enable the service container.service and start it at boot time:

   # systemctl --user enable container.service

3. Start the service immediately:

   # systemctl --user start container.service

4. Check the status of the service:

   $ systemctl --user status container.service
   ● container.service - Podman container.service
      Loaded: loaded (/home/user/.config/systemd/user/container.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
      Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-09-16 11:56:57 CEST; 8s ago
        Docs: man:podman-generate-systemd(1)
     Process: 80602 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run --conmon-pidfile //run/user/1000/container.service-pid --cidfile //run/user/1000/container.service-cid -d ubi10-minimal:>
     Process: 80601 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f //run/user/1000/container.service-pid //run/user/1000/container.service-cid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Main PID: 80617 (conmon)
      CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/container.service
              ├─ 2870 /usr/bin/podman
              ├─80612 /usr/bin/slirp4netns --disable-host-loopback --mtu 65520 --enable-sandbox --enable-seccomp -c -e 3 -r 4 --netns-type=path /run/user/1000/netns/cni->
              ├─80614 /usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs -o lowerdir=/home/user/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/l/YJSPGXM2OCDZPLMLXJOW3NRF6Q:/home/user/.local/share/contain>
              ├─80617 /usr/bin/conmon --api-version 1 -c cbc75d6031508dfd3d78a74a03e4ace1732b51223e72a2ce4aa3bfe10a78e4fa -u cbc75d6031508dfd3d78a74a03e4ace1732b51223e72>
              └─cbc75d6031508dfd3d78a74a03e4ace1732b51223e72a2ce4aa3bfe10a78e4fa
                └─80626 /usr/bin/coreutils --coreutils-prog-shebang=sleep /usr/bin/sleep 1d

   You can check if the service is enabled by using the systemctl is-enabled container.service command.