How to enable instance quadlet templates that restart on reboot.

[salottoprogrammatori]

Hi, i've read about podman compatibility with systemd templates using quadlets.

I'm using podman 5.x, my containers are rootless and i have install section in my unit / quadlet files to default.target. My quadlet files are in etc/containers/systemd/users/${UID}/ because i need specific user access.

I've read about a 2024 PR that addresses this kind of things but it seems not suitable for my case.

Now, i'm asking for help just because if i have one template file [email protected], it will create [email protected] that can i start normally with a value through systemd. The real problem is that i need instances that re-start my containers after a system reboot.

So, if i call systemctl --user start [email protected] / start [email protected] , i'm in search for something that re-launch them after a reboot (like non transient / generated enabled units).

I know that if i use DefaultInstance in my unit file i'wll have a generated instance unit that remains after reeboting, but this is not what i need, because it wll make templates totally useless in my case.

Thanks in advance.

[Luap99]

https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.html#template-files

you will need to symlink your instances ln -s [email protected] [email protected] at least that is how I read the docs. I have not used quadlet templates myself.

[salottoprogrammatori]

Thanks.

I've read the docs but is passed a lot of time since the template compatibility feature was released, so i'm asking if there is a better option nowadays instead of creating manually the symlinks for enable them, just in case ;)