12.5. Generating a systemd unit file using Podman

Prerequisites

• The container-tools meta-package is installed.

Verification

• Display the content of generated systemd unit file:

  $ cat ~/.config/systemd/user/container-myubi.service
  # container-myubi.service
  # autogenerated by Podman 3.3.1
  # Wed Sep  8 20:34:46 CEST 2021
  
  [Unit]
  Description=Podman container-myubi.service
  Documentation=man:podman-generate-systemd(1)
  Wants=network-online.target
  After=network-online.target
  RequiresMountsFor=/run/user/1000/containers
  
  [Service]
  Environment=PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=%n
  Restart=on-failure
  TimeoutStopSec=70
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman start myubi
  ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop -t 10 myubi
  ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman stop -t 10 myubi
  PIDFile=/run/user/1000/containers/overlay-containers/9683103f58a32192c84801f0be93446cb33c1ee7d9cdda225b78049d7c5deea4/userdata/conmon.pid
  Type=forking
  
  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target default.target

  • The Restart=on-failure line sets the restart policy and instructs systemd to restart when the service cannot be started or stopped cleanly, or when the process exits non-zero.
  • The ExecStart line describes how we start the container.

  • The ExecStop line describes how we stop and remove the container.

    For more information, see podman-generate-systemd(1) man page on your system.