looking forward to auto-restart capability when node reboot

[panpan0000]

background: kubernetes-sigs/kind#2998

the podman-restart.service should be included on Podman 4.4.0 and onwards
https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/16672
https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/16669

So I guess two works need to be done:
(1) upgrade podman from 4.2.1 to 4.4.0
(2) include the podman-restart service in static release

[panpan0000]

I just download podman-4.3.1-1.1.x86_64.rpm or podman-4.2.1-150500.1.2.x86_64.rpm

, there's already /usr/lib/systemd/system/podman-restart.service in the package.

So it seems 4.2.1 already include podman-restart, but I didn't find it in our static repo. maybe just add this service will help ?

[mgoltzsche]

@panpan0000 so as I understand you want the podman-restart systemd service to be redistributed by this repository.

Currently this does not make sense to me because the container image and binaries shipped by this repository explicitly don't support systemd and are built primarily to run on systems without systemd.
Also, it looks like restarting a podman container is the caller's responsibility, not the responsibility of podman itself. (This makes sense since podman is not designed as a daemon like containerd/dockerd.)
If you want to make podman containers restart on boot, you have to run those additonal commands somehow on boot or, if you're using systemd as init system, simply download the podman-restart.service template.

Regarding the update: podman 4.4.0 is not stable yet but the latest stable podman update 4.3.1 should also be shipped by this repo indeed.

[mgoltzsche]

I am closing this issue now. In case you have strong argument for redistributing the systemd unit with the tar within this repo, please feel free to reopen the issue.

[panpan0000]

got you @mgoltzsche . Thank you for your response !

[mgoltzsche]

I see now it would be convenient for users to have the systemd unit shipped with the tar archive. After all it does not increase the archive's size significantly and users could still decide whether or not they want to enable it.
(Also, I noticed podman supports the podman generate systemd command now.)
Feel free to create a pull request. Otherwise I might be able to add it to the next release myself.

[mgoltzsche]

Release v4.4.4 provides /usr/lib/systemd/system/podman-restart.service with the tar archive (f82c88f and c909610).