Show pagesourceBack to top Share via Share via... Twitter LinkedIn Telegram Yammer RedditRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × Table of Contents Use with systemd generic service timer Principles further reading Podman Podman manages containers like Docker and Kubernetes. Use with systemd generic service Generate the pod, then systemctl edit --full --force pod@.service to create a new service file with the following content: pod@.service [Unit] Description=Podman pod %I After=network.target [Service] KillMode=none RemainAfterExit=yes ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pod exists %i ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman pod start %i ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman pod stop -t 10 %i [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Add a new pod as a service: systemctl enable pod@PODNAME.service. timer If you want to execute something periodically, use the service created above as Requisite for the service: echo-xy-z.service [Unit] Description=Do something with the service xy inside pod z periodically. After=pod@z.service Requisite=pod@z.service [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=podman exec -ti z_xy_1 /bin/echo 0 And create a timer based on that service: echo-xy-z.timer [Unit] Description=Put a meaningful description here [Timer] # start 10min after boot, then repeat every 10min OnBootSec=10min OnUnitActiveSec=10min Unit=echo-xy-z.service [Install] WantedBy=timers.target Principles further reading Series "Dockerless" by mkdev: part 3: Moving development environment to containers with Podman Last modified: 2020-07-29 10:06