Socket Activation not working

[kaaax0815]

I have these files

# /etc/containers/systemd/traefik/traefik.container
[Unit]
# Commented out as it does not find these
#Requires=traefik.socket
#After=traefik.socket

[Container]
Image=docker.io/library/traefik:3.3
EnvironmentFile=traefik.env

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

# /etc/containers/systemd/traefik/traefik.socket
[Unit]
Description=Traefik

[Socket]
ListenStream=0.0.0.0:80
ListenStream=0.0.0.0:443
#ListenDatagram=0.0.0.0:443

[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target

then i run

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start traefik.socket
Failed to start traefik.socket: Unit traefik.socket not found.

running

$ sudo systemctl start traefik.service

does work.

I am on Debian sid with podman 5.3.2

[kaaax0815]

The socket Service File is not used by quadlet unfortunately. Therefore you have to have them at a place that systemd looks.

E.g. /etc/systemd/system/traefik.socket

[eriksjolund]

sidenote: I wrote a minimal demo example of using traefik with rootless Podman and socket activation
https://github.com/eriksjolund/podman-traefik-socket-activation/blob/main/examples/example1

(I notice that you use rootful Podman)

[kaaax0815]

Thank you very much for your good write-ups. Have been a tremendous help getting to know podman