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| <code>~/.config/containers/systemd/*.{kube,container,volume,network,yml}</code> || build systemd services from these
| <code>~/.config/containers/systemd/*</code> || generators for user systemd services (only for rootless podman)
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|  <code>/usr/libexec/podman/quadlet</code> || quadlet executable (not on path)
| <code>/etc/containers/systemd/*</code> || generators for system systemd services
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| <code>/usr/share/containers/systemd/*</code> || generators for system systemd services (installed by packages)
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|  <code>/usr/lib/podman/quadlet</code> || quadlet executable (not on path)
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= Usage =
= Notes =
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
== Overview ==
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While quadlet is technically an executable, it's designed to work with systemd commands directly.
| [[quadlet install]]
 
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After adding your files to <code>~/.config/containers/systemd/*.{kube,container,volume,network,yml}</code>,<br>
| [[quadlet usage]]
you can run daemon-reload and your generated systemd services will be made available.
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| [[quadlet syntax]]
Here's the TL;DR from the official tutorial:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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mkdir -p $HOME/.config/containers/systemd/
</blockquote><!-- Notes -->
cp envoy-proxy-configmap.yml \
  quadlet-demo.kube \
  quadlet-demo-mysql.container \
  quadlet-demo-mysql.volume \
  quadlet-demo.network \
  quadlet-demo.yml \
  $HOME/.config/containers/systemd/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start quadlet-demo.service
</syntaxhighlight>
 
You can debug the generated files using
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
/usr/libexec/podman/quadlet --dryrun
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Overview -->


== Secrets ==
= Examples =
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
It looks like these are primarily managed using kubernetes own utils from <code>kubectl create secret ${secret}</code>.
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{{ TODO |
| [[quadlet example: single container with volume]]
more research is needed here.
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</blockquote><!-- Examples -->
</blockquote><!-- Usage -->
 
= Syntax =
<blockquote>
== Overview ==
<blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
# systemd unitfile generator files
*.container: for a single container                        # podman run
*.kube:     from kubernetes yaml files using              # podman kube play
*.pod:      for a single pod within kubernetes yaml files # ? is this correct?
*.yml:      a kubernetes yaml file
 
# resources
*.image:    ensures a docker image is pulled
*.network:  create podman networks, referenced in '.container' or '.kube' files
*.volume:    create podman volumes, referenced in '.container' files
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- Overview -->
 
== Standalone Containers ==
<blockquote>
=== *.container ===
<blockquote>
<syntaxhighlight lang="dosini">
# ~/.config/containers/systemd/foo.container
 
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
 
[Container]
Image=docker.io/library/mysql:5.6
ContainerName=foo
Volume=foo.volume:/var/lib/mysql
Network=foo.network
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- *.container -->
</blockquote><!-- Standalone Containers -->
 
== Kubernetes ==
<blockquote>
=== *.yml ===
<blockquote>
A kubernetes yaml file.
 
{{ WARN |
this is the official example, haven't had to use this yet
}}
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
# ~/.config/containers/systemd/foo.yml
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: wp-pv-claim
  labels:
    app: wordpress
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 20Gi
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: quadlet-demo
spec:
  containers:
  - name: wordpress
    image: docker.io/library/wordpress:4.8-apache
    env:
    - name: WORDPRESS_DB_HOST
      value: quadlet-demo-mysql
    - name: WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: mysql-root-password-kube
          key: password
    volumeMounts:
    - name: wordpress-persistent-storage
      mountPath: /var/www/html
# ... etc ...
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- *.yml -->
 
=== *.pod ===
<blockquote>
Abstraction of a systemd unit file for running specific kubernetes pods only.
 
{{ TODO |
is this understanding correct?
}}
</blockquote><!-- *.pod -->
 
=== *.kube ===
<blockquote>
Abstraction of a systemd unit file for running an entire kubernetes project
</blockquote><!-- *.kube -->
</blockquote><!-- Kubernetes -->
 
== Resources ==
<blockquote>
=== *.network ===
<blockquote>
Define a network to share between multiple containers.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="dosini">
# ~/.config/containers/systemd/foo.network
 
Subnet=192.168.30.0/24
Gateway=192.168.30.1
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would generate
<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
podman-network: systmd-foo            # podman network create systemd-foo
systemd-unit:  foo-network.service
</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote><!-- .network -->
 
=== *.volume ===
<blockquote>
Describe a volume to share between multiple containers.
</blockquote><!-- *.volume -->
 
=== *.image ===
<blockquote>
Ensure a docker image is pulled.<br>
Generates a service that can be used as a dependency.
</blockquote><!-- *.image -->
</blockquote><!-- Resources -->
</blockquote><!-- Syntax -->

Latest revision as of 21:43, 18 May 2024

Quadlet is a tool for generating systemd services from podman containers.
You can also describe a project as a podman-compose project, and generate systemd services for it as well.

The goal for the project is to be concise and change tolerant with sane defaults.

Documentation

man quadlet / podman-systemd.unit (incl. filetypes/opts) https://man.archlinux.org/man/quadlet.5.en
official multi-container tutorial https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/multi-container-application-podman-quadlet
src https://github.com/containers/podman/tree/main/pkg/systemd/quadlet

Tutorials

https://mo8it.com/blog/quadlet/ intro

Locations

~/.config/containers/systemd/* generators for user systemd services (only for rootless podman)
/etc/containers/systemd/* generators for system systemd services
/usr/share/containers/systemd/* generators for system systemd services (installed by packages)
/usr/lib/podman/quadlet quadlet executable (not on path)

Notes

quadlet install
quadlet usage
quadlet syntax

Examples

quadlet example: single container with volume