Add --restart flag to pod create

cmd/podman/common/create.go

@@ -386,14 +386,6 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(requiresFlagName, AutocompleteContainers)
 
-		restartFlagName := "restart"
-		createFlags.StringVar(
-			&cf.Restart,
-			restartFlagName, "",
-			`Restart policy to apply when a container exits ("always"|"no"|"on-failure"|"unless-stopped")`,
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(restartFlagName, AutocompleteRestartOption)
-
 		createFlags.BoolVar(
 			&cf.Rm,
 			"rm", false,
@@ -635,6 +627,14 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		)
 	}
 	if mode == entities.InfraMode || (mode == entities.CreateMode) { // infra container flags, create should also pick these up
+		restartFlagName := "restart"
+		createFlags.StringVar(
+			&cf.Restart,
+			restartFlagName, "",
+			`Restart policy to apply when a container exits ("always"|"no"|"never"|"on-failure"|"unless-stopped")`,
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(restartFlagName, AutocompleteRestartOption)
+
 		shmSizeFlagName := "shm-size"
 		createFlags.String(
 			shmSizeFlagName, shmSize(),

cmd/podman/containers/create.go

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 		cliVals.InitContainerType = initctr
 	}
+	// TODO: v5.0 block users from setting restart policy for a container if the container is in a pod
 
 	cliVals, err := CreateInit(cmd, cliVals, false)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ func createPodIfNecessary(cmd *cobra.Command, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, netOpts
 		CpusetCpus:    cliVals.CPUSetCPUs,
 		Pid:           cliVals.PID,
 		Userns:        uns,
+		Restart:       cliVals.Restart,
 	}
 	// Unset config values we passed to the pod to prevent them being used twice for the container and pod.
 	s.ContainerBasicConfig.Hostname = ""

cmd/podman/containers/ps.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ func createPsOut() ([]map[string]string, string) {
 		"PIDNS":        "pidns",
 		"Pod":          "pod id",
 		"PodName":      "podname", // undo camelcase space break
+		"Restarts":     "restarts",
 		"RunningFor":   "running for",
 		"UTS":          "uts",
 		"User":         "userns",
@@ -377,6 +379,10 @@ func (l psReporter) Status() string {
 	return state
 }
 
+func (l psReporter) Restarts() string {
+	return strconv.Itoa(int(l.ListContainer.Restarts))
+}
+
 func (l psReporter) RunningFor() string {
 	return l.CreatedHuman()
 }

cmd/podman/pods/create.go

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		podSpec.InfraContainerSpec = specgen.NewSpecGenerator(imageName, false)
 		podSpec.InfraContainerSpec.RawImageName = rawImageName
 		podSpec.InfraContainerSpec.NetworkOptions = podSpec.NetworkOptions
+		podSpec.InfraContainerSpec.RestartPolicy = podSpec.RestartPolicy
 		err = specgenutil.FillOutSpecGen(podSpec.InfraContainerSpec, &infraOptions, []string{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err

cmd/podman/pods/ps.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ func pods(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			"ContainerStatuses":  "STATUS",
 			"Cgroup":             "CGROUP",
 			"Namespace":          "NAMESPACES",
+			"Restarts":           "RESTARTS",
 		})
 
 		if err := rpt.Execute(headers); err != nil {
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ func podPsFormat() string {
 	if !psInput.CtrStatus && !psInput.CtrNames && !psInput.CtrIds {
 		row = append(row, "{{.NumberOfContainers}}")
 	}
+
 	return "{{range . }}" + strings.Join(row, "\t") + "\n" + "{{end -}}"
 }
 
@@ -265,6 +268,15 @@ func (l ListPodReporter) ContainerStatuses() string {
 	return strings.Join(statuses, ",")
 }
 
+// Restarts returns the total number of restarts for all the containers in the pod
+func (l ListPodReporter) Restarts() string {
+	restarts := 0
+	for _, c := range l.Containers {
+		restarts += int(c.RestartCount)
+	}
+	return strconv.Itoa(restarts)
+}
+
 func sortPodPsOutput(sortBy string, lprs []*entities.ListPodsReport) error {
 	switch sortBy {
 	case "created":

docs/source/markdown/options/restart.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ####> This option file is used in:
-####>   podman create, run
+####>   podman create, pod clone, pod create, run
 ####> If file is edited, make sure the changes
 ####> are applicable to all of those.
 #### **--restart**=*policy*
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Restart policy will not take effect if a container is stopped via the **podman k
 Valid _policy_ values are:
 
 - `no`                       : Do not restart containers on exit
+- `never`                    : Synonym for **no**; do not restart containers on exit
 - `on-failure[:max_retries]` : Restart containers when they exit with a non-zero exit code, retrying indefinitely or until the optional *max_retries* count is hit
 - `always`                   : Restart containers when they exit, regardless of status, retrying indefinitely
 - `unless-stopped`           : Identical to **always**

docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-clone.1.md.in

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Set a custom name for the cloned pod. The default if not specified is of the syn
 
 @@option pid.pod
 
+@@option restart
+
+Default restart policy for all the containers in a pod.
+
 @@option security-opt
 
 @@option shm-size

docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-create.1.md.in

@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ but only by the pod itself.
 
 @@option replace
 
+@@option restart
+
+Default restart policy for all the containers in a pod.
+
 @@option security-opt
 
 #### **--share**=*namespace*

docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-inspect.1.md.in

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
 | .Name                | Pod name                                    |
 | .Namespace           | Namespace                                   |
 | .NumContainers       | Number of containers in the pod             |
+| .RestartPolicy       | Restart policy of the pod                   |
 | .SecurityOpts        | Security options                            |
 | .SharedNamespaces    | Pod shared namespaces                       |
 | .State               | Pod state                                   |

docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-ps.1.md.in

@@ -77,20 +77,21 @@ Pretty-print containers to JSON or using a Go template
 
 Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
 
-| **Placeholder**     | **Description**                                    |
-|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
-| .Cgroup             | Cgroup path of pod                                 |
-| .ContainerIds       | Comma-separated list of container IDs in the pod   |
-| .ContainerNames     | Comma-separated list of container names in the pod |
-| .ContainerStatuses  | Comma-separated list of container statuses         |
-| .Created            | Creation time of pod                               |
-| .ID                 | Container ID                                       |
-| .InfraID            | Pod infra container ID                             |
-| .Labels             | All the labels assigned to the pod                 |
-| .Name               | Name of pod                                        |
-| .Networks           | Show all networks connected to the infra container |
-| .NumberOfContainers | Show the number of containers attached to pod      |
-| .Status             | Status of pod                                      |
+| **Placeholder**     | **Description**                                      |
+|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
+| .Cgroup             | Cgroup path of pod                                   |
+| .ContainerIds       | Comma-separated list of container IDs in the pod     |
+| .ContainerNames     | Comma-separated list of container names in the pod   |
+| .ContainerStatuses  | Comma-separated list of container statuses           |
+| .Created            | Creation time of pod                                 |
+| .ID                 | Container ID                                         |
+| .InfraID            | Pod infra container ID                               |
+| .Labels             | All the labels assigned to the pod                   |
+| .Name               | Name of pod                                          |
+| .Networks           | Show all networks connected to the infra container   |
+| .NumberOfContainers | Show the number of containers attached to pod        |
+| .Restarts           | Show the total number of container restarts in a pod |
+| .Status             | Status of pod                                        |
 
 #### **--help**, **-h**
 

docs/source/markdown/podman-ps.1.md

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:
 | .Pod               | Pod the container is associated with (SHA)   |
 | .PodName           | Seems to be empty no matter what             |
 | .Ports             | Exposed ports                                |
+| .Restarts          | Display the container restart count          |
 | .RunningFor        | Time elapsed since container was started     |
 | .Size              | Size of container                            |
 | .StartedAt         | Time (epoch seconds) the container started   |

libpod/container.go

@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ type ContainerState struct {
 	// restart policy. This is NOT incremented by normal container restarts
 	// (only by restart policy).
 	RestartCount uint `json:"restartCount,omitempty"`
-
 	// StartupHCPassed indicates that the startup healthcheck has
 	// succeeded and the main healthcheck can begin.
 	StartupHCPassed bool `json:"startupHCPassed,omitempty"`
@@ -730,6 +729,18 @@ func (c *Container) State() (define.ContainerStatus, error) {
 	return c.state.State, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Container) RestartCount() (uint, error) {
+	if !c.batched {
+		c.lock.Lock()
+		defer c.lock.Unlock()
+
+		if err := c.syncContainer(); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+	return c.state.RestartCount, nil
+}
+
 // Mounted returns whether the container is mounted and the path it is mounted
 // at (if it is mounted).
 // If the container is not mounted, no error is returned, and the mountpoint

libpod/define/pod_inspect.go

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ type InspectPodData struct {
 	BlkioWeight uint64 `json:"blkio_weight,omitempty"`
 	// BlkioWeightDevice contains the blkio weight device limits for the pod
 	BlkioWeightDevice []InspectBlkioWeightDevice `json:"blkio_weight_device,omitempty"`
+	// RestartPolicy of the pod.
+	RestartPolicy string `json:"RestartPolicy,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // InspectPodInfraConfig contains the configuration of the pod's infra

libpod/kube.go

@@ -97,23 +97,8 @@ func (p *Pod) GenerateForKube(ctx context.Context, getService bool) (*v1.Pod, []
 	}
 	pod.Spec.HostAliases = extraHost
 
-	// vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go: v1.Container cannot save restartPolicy
-	// so set it at here
-	for _, ctr := range allContainers {
-		if !ctr.IsInfra() {
-			switch ctr.config.RestartPolicy {
-			case define.RestartPolicyAlways:
-				pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = v1.RestartPolicyAlways
-			case define.RestartPolicyOnFailure:
-				pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = v1.RestartPolicyOnFailure
-			case define.RestartPolicyNo:
-				pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = v1.RestartPolicyNever
-			default: // some pod create from cmdline, such as "", so set it to "" as k8s automatically defaults to always
-				pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = ""
-			}
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	// Set the pod's restart policy
+	pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = getPodRestartPolicy(p.config.RestartPolicy)
 
 	if p.SharesPID() {
 		// unfortunately, go doesn't have a nice way to specify a pointer to a bool
@@ -136,7 +121,7 @@ func (p *Pod) getInfraContainer() (*Container, error) {
 // kind YAML.
 func GenerateForKubeDeployment(ctx context.Context, pod *YAMLPod, options entities.GenerateKubeOptions) (*YAMLDeployment, error) {
 	// Restart policy for Deployments can only be set to Always
-	if options.Type == define.K8sKindDeployment && !(pod.Spec.RestartPolicy == "" || pod.Spec.RestartPolicy == define.RestartPolicyAlways) {
+	if options.Type == define.K8sKindDeployment && !(pod.Spec.RestartPolicy == "" || pod.Spec.RestartPolicy == v1.RestartPolicyAlways) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("k8s Deployments can only have restartPolicy set to Always")
 	}
 
@@ -599,6 +584,7 @@ func simplePodWithV1Containers(ctx context.Context, ctrs []*Container, getServic
 	kubeAnnotations := make(map[string]string)
 	ctrNames := make([]string, 0, len(ctrs))
 	var hostname string
+	var restartPolicy *string
 	for _, ctr := range ctrs {
 		ctrNames = append(ctrNames, removeUnderscores(ctr.Name()))
 		for k, v := range ctr.config.Spec.Annotations {
@@ -623,6 +609,11 @@ func simplePodWithV1Containers(ctx context.Context, ctrs []*Container, getServic
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Use the restart policy of the first non-init container
+		if !isInit && restartPolicy == nil {
+			restartPolicy = &ctr.config.RestartPolicy
+		}
+
 		if ctr.config.Spec.Process != nil {
 			var ulimitArr []string
 			defaultUlimits := util.DefaultContainerConfig().Ulimits()
@@ -700,7 +691,7 @@ func simplePodWithV1Containers(ctx context.Context, ctrs []*Container, getServic
 		podName += "-pod"
 	}
 
-	return newPodObject(
+	pod := newPodObject(
 		podName,
 		kubeAnnotations,
 		kubeInitCtrs,
@@ -709,7 +700,30 @@ func simplePodWithV1Containers(ctx context.Context, ctrs []*Container, getServic
 		&podDNS,
 		hostNetwork,
 		hostUsers,
-		hostname), nil
+		hostname)
+
+	// Set the pod's restart policy
+	policy := ""
+	if restartPolicy != nil {
+		policy = *restartPolicy
+	}
+	pod.Spec.RestartPolicy = getPodRestartPolicy(policy)
+
+	return pod, nil
+}
+
+// getPodRestartPolicy returns the pod restart policy to be set in the generated kube yaml
+func getPodRestartPolicy(policy string) v1.RestartPolicy {
+	switch policy {
+	case define.RestartPolicyNo:
+		return v1.RestartPolicyNever
+	case define.RestartPolicyAlways:
+		return v1.RestartPolicyAlways
+	case define.RestartPolicyOnFailure:
+		return v1.RestartPolicyOnFailure
+	default: // some pod/ctr create from cmdline, such as "" - set it to "" and let k8s handle the defaults
+		return ""
+	}
 }
 
 // containerToV1Container converts information we know about a libpod container

libpod/options.go

@@ -2020,6 +2020,40 @@ func WithPodExitPolicy(policy string) PodCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithPodRestartPolicy sets the restart policy of the pod.
+func WithPodRestartPolicy(policy string) PodCreateOption {
+	return func(pod *Pod) error {
+		if pod.valid {
+			return define.ErrPodFinalized
+		}
+
+		switch policy {
+		//TODO: v5.0 if no restart policy is set, follow k8s convention and default to Always
+		case define.RestartPolicyNone, define.RestartPolicyNo, define.RestartPolicyOnFailure, define.RestartPolicyAlways, define.RestartPolicyUnlessStopped:
+			pod.config.RestartPolicy = policy
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid restart policy: %w", policy, define.ErrInvalidArg)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// WithPodRestartRetries sets the number of retries to use when restarting a
+// container with the "on-failure" restart policy.
+// 0 is an allowed value, and indicates infinite retries.
+func WithPodRestartRetries(tries uint) PodCreateOption {
+	return func(pod *Pod) error {
+		if pod.valid {
+			return define.ErrPodFinalized
+		}
+
+		pod.config.RestartRetries = &tries
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithPodHostname sets the hostname of the pod.
 func WithPodHostname(hostname string) PodCreateOption {
 	return func(pod *Pod) error {