docs: add podman auto-start info and cleanup structure #200
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- Add documentation for how to automatically start containers on system boot (refer to ublue-os#188). - Re-arrange the Podman sections so they are together under a **Podman** heading.
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@bsherman I don't know how to edit a pushed commit per your request here, so I just deleted the whole repo and started again. This is the new PR. |
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either before or after describing this for user run podman, could you also add the global?
Thanks!
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Sorry, what do you mean? What is "the global"?
The system (non-user) podman-restart service doesn't do anything useful whether it is enabled or disabled.
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Yes, by global, i mean system... podman-restart does the same thing for system as it does for users... but for starting restart: always rootful podman containers.
Or am I missing something?
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I think I must be missing something. Podman should never be rootful, no? It should always be running under the core user - isn't that the whole purpose of running rootless Podman instead of Docker?
Since all containers on UCore run rootless under the core user, there should be no need to describe Fedora's podman-restart system service?
Regardless, the system service already exists and needs nothing done to it. People can already immediately enable that should they need it, but I can't see why they would need it.
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Podman runs rootful just fine.
Making decisions about "what is right, rootless or rootful" is not something I want to get into. People can use a system how they want.
I know several users delete the core user and create other users via ignition and also many run rootful podman containers.
All I'm asking for is to add, "if you want to run your rootful podman containers to autostart, just run this command."
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Thanks I will do. I'm not being argumentative - I literally only started using Podman and Docker when I started using Aurora, and it's all brand new to me. I have zero clue what is the right way to do things.
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Thanks I will do. I'm not being argumentative
No worries! I think your suggestion is very helpful, as clearly it's not always easy to find something that seems like it should be obvious (especially when more momentum of documentation seems to be around docker and docker-compose).
I just think your suggestion applies equally well to both root/user podman operation. :-)
I literally only started using Podman and Docker when I started using Aurora, and it's all brand new to me. I have zero clue what is the right way to do things.
You have much more than zero clue! You are correct in your belief that many advocate for "only run podman as user", but that's not because podman itself is less secure than anything else, it's just to encourage more secure practices. So if you can and are willing to run all rootless, excellent!
And again, I thank you for your contribution.
restart: always#188).