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  <span class="target" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module"></span><section id="containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-generate-systemd-unit-from-a-pod-or-a-container">
<h1>containers.podman.podman_generate_systemd module – Generate systemd unit from a pod or a container<a class="headerlink" href="#containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-generate-systemd-unit-from-a-pod-or-a-container" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>This module is part of the <a class="reference external" href="https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/containers/podman/">containers.podman collection</a> (version 1.15.2).</p>
<p>It is not included in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ansible-core</span></code>.
To check whether it is installed, run <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ansible-galaxy</span> <span class="pre">collection</span> <span class="pre">list</span></code>.</p>
<p>To install it, use: <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ansible-galaxy</span> <span class="pre">collection</span> <span class="pre">install</span> <span class="pre">containers.podman</span></code>.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see <a class="reference internal" href="#ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-requirements"><span class="std std-ref">Requirements</span></a> for details.</p>
<p>To use it in a playbook, specify: <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">containers.podman.podman_generate_systemd</span></code>.</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#synopsis" id="id1">Synopsis</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#requirements" id="id2">Requirements</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#parameters" id="id3">Parameters</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#notes" id="id4">Notes</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#examples" id="id5">Examples</a></p></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" role="doc-backlink">Synopsis</a><a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Generate systemd .service unit file(s) from a pod or a container</p></li>
<li><p>Support Ansible check mode</p></li>
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</section>
<section id="requirements">
<span id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-requirements"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">Requirements</a><a class="headerlink" href="#requirements" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Podman installed on target host</p></li>
</ul>
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<section id="parameters">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">Parameters</a><a class="headerlink" href="#parameters" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<table class="longtable ansible-option-table docutils align-default" style="width: 100%">
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Parameter</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Comments</p></th>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-after"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-after"><strong>after</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-after" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">list</span> / <span class="ansible-option-elements">elements=string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Add the systemd unit after (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">After=</span></code>) option, that ordering dependencies between the list of dependencies and this service.</p>
<p>This option may be specified more than once.</p>
<p>User-defined dependencies will be appended to the generated unit file</p>
<p>But any existing options such as needed or defined by default (e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">online.target</span></code>) will not be removed or overridden.</p>
<p>Only with Podman 4.0.0 and above</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-container_prefix"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-container-prefix"><strong>container_prefix</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-container_prefix" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Set the systemd unit name prefix for containers.</p>
<p>If not set, use the default defined by podman, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">container</span></code>.</p>
<p>Refer to podman-generate-systemd(1) man page for more information.</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-dest"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-dest"><strong>dest</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-dest" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">path</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Destination of the generated systemd unit file(s).</p>
<p>Use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/systemd/system</span></code> for the system-wide systemd instance.</p>
<p>Use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/systemd/user</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.config/systemd/user</span></code> for use with per-user instances of systemd.</p>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-env"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-env"><strong>env</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-env" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">dictionary</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Set environment variables to the systemd unit files.</p>
<p>Keys are the environment variable names, and values are the environment variable values</p>
<p>Only with Podman 4.3.0 and above</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-executable"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-executable"><strong>executable</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-executable" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Podman</span></code> executable name or full path</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-default-bold">Default:</strong> <code class="ansible-option-default docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;podman&quot;</span></code></p>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-force"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-force"><strong>force</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-force" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Replace the systemd unit file(s) even if it already exists.</p>
<p>This works with dest option.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><strong><span class="pre">false</span></strong></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-name"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-name"><strong>name</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-name" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span> / <span class="ansible-option-required">required</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Name of the pod or container to export</p>
</div></td>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-new"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-new"><strong>new</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-new" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
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<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Generate unit files that create containers and pods, not only start them.</p>
<p>Refer to podman-generate-systemd(1) man page for more information.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><strong><span class="pre">false</span></strong></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-no_header"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-no-header"><strong>no_header</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-no_header" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Do not generate the header including meta data such as the Podman version and the timestamp.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><strong><span class="pre">false</span></strong></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">true</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-pod_prefix"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-pod-prefix"><strong>pod_prefix</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-pod_prefix" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Set the systemd unit name prefix for pods.</p>
<p>If not set, use the default defined by podman, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pod</span></code>.</p>
<p>Refer to podman-generate-systemd(1) man page for more information.</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-requires"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-requires"><strong>requires</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-requires" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">list</span> / <span class="ansible-option-elements">elements=string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Set the systemd unit requires (Requires=) option.</p>
<p>Similar to wants, but declares a stronger requirement dependency.</p>
<p>Only with Podman 4.0.0 and above</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-restart_policy"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-restart-policy"><strong>restart_policy</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-restart_policy" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Restart policy of the service</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;no-restart&quot;</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;on-success&quot;</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;on-failure&quot;</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;on-abnormal&quot;</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;on-watchdog&quot;</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;on-abort&quot;</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;always&quot;</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-restart_sec"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-restart-sec"><strong>restart_sec</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-restart_sec" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Configures the time to sleep before restarting a service (as configured with restart-policy).</p>
<p>Takes a value in seconds.</p>
<p>Only with Podman 4.0.0 and above</p>
</div></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-separator"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-separator"><strong>separator</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-separator" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Systemd unit name separator between the name/id of a container/pod and the prefix.</p>
<p>If not set, use the default defined by podman, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-</span></code>.</p>
<p>Refer to podman-generate-systemd(1) man page for more information.</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-start_timeout"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-start-timeout"><strong>start_timeout</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-start_timeout" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Override the default start timeout for the container with the given value in seconds.</p>
<p>Only with Podman 4.0.0 and above</p>
</div></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-stop_timeout"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-stop-timeout"><strong>stop_timeout</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-stop_timeout" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">integer</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Override the default stop timeout for the container with the given value in seconds.</p>
</div></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-use_names"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-use-names"><strong>use_names</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-use_names" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">boolean</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Use name of the containers for the start, stop, and description in the unit file.</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-choices">Choices:</strong></p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-choices-entry docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">false</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="ansible-option-default-bold docutils literal notranslate"><strong><span class="pre">true</span></strong></code> <span class="ansible-option-choices-default-mark">← (default)</span></p></li>
</ul>
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</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-wants"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-parameter-wants"><strong>wants</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-wants" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">list</span> / <span class="ansible-option-elements">elements=string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Add the systemd unit wants (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Wants=</span></code>) option, that this service is (weak) dependent on.</p>
<p>This option may be specified more than once.</p>
<p>This option does not influence the order in which services are started or stopped.</p>
<p>User-defined dependencies will be appended to the generated unit file</p>
<p>But any existing options such as needed or defined by default (e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">online.target</span></code>) will not be removed or overridden.</p>
<p>Only with Podman 4.0.0 and above</p>
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</section>
<section id="notes">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">Notes</a><a class="headerlink" href="#notes" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>If you indicate a pod, the systemd units for it and all its containers will be generated</p></li>
<li><p>Create all your pods, containers and their dependencies before generating the systemd files</p></li>
<li><p>If a container or pod is already started before you do a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">systemctl</span> <span class="pre">daemon-reload</span></code>, systemd will not see the container or pod as started</p></li>
<li><p>Stop your container or pod before you do a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">systemctl</span> <span class="pre">daemon-reload</span></code>, then you can start them with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">systemctl</span> <span class="pre">start</span> <span class="pre">my_container.service</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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</section>
<section id="examples">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" role="doc-backlink">Examples</a><a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-yaml+jinja notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Example of creating a container and systemd unit file.</span>
<span class="c1"># When using podman_generate_systemd with new:true then</span>
<span class="c1"># the container needs rm:true for idempotence.</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Create postgres container</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">containers.podman.podman_container</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">docker.io/library/postgres:latest</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">rm</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">created</span>

<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Generate systemd unit file for postgres container</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">containers.podman.podman_generate_systemd</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">new</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">no_header</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">dest</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">/etc/systemd/system</span>

<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Ensure postgres container is started and enabled</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">ansible.builtin.systemd</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">container-postgres</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">daemon_reload</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">started</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">enabled</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>


<span class="c1"># Example of creating a container and integrate it into systemd</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">A postgres container must exist, stopped</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">containers.podman.podman_container</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres_local</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">image</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">docker.io/library/postgres:latest</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">stopped</span>

<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Systemd unit files for postgres container must exist</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">containers.podman.podman_generate_systemd</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres_local</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">dest</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">~/.config/systemd/user/</span>

<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Postgres container must be started and enabled on systemd</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">ansible.builtin.systemd</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">container-postgres_local</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">scope</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">user</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">daemon_reload</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">state</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">started</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">enabled</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>


<span class="c1"># Generate the unit files, but store them on an Ansible variable</span>
<span class="c1"># instead of writing them on target host</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Systemd unit files for postgres container must be generated</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">containers.podman.podman_generate_systemd</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres_local</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">register</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres_local_systemd_unit</span>

<span class="c1"># Generate the unit files with environment variables sets</span>
<span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">Systemd unit files for postgres container must be generated</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">containers.podman.podman_generate_systemd</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">name</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres_local</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="nt">env</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">      </span><span class="nt">POSTGRES_USER</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">my_app</span>
<span class="w">      </span><span class="nt">POSTGRES_PASSWORD</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">example</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">register</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">postgres_local_systemd_unit</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="return-values">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" role="doc-backlink">Return Values</a><a class="headerlink" href="#return-values" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Common return values are documented <span class="xref std std-ref">here</span>, the following are the fields unique to this module:</p>
<table class="longtable ansible-option-table docutils align-default" style="width: 100%">
<thead>
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Key</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-podman_command"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-return-podman-command"><strong>podman_command</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-podman_command" title="Permalink to this return value"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>A copy of the podman command used to generate the systemd unit(s)</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> always</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line ansible-option-sample"><strong class="ansible-option-sample-bold">Sample:</strong> <code class="ansible-option-sample docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;podman</span> <span class="pre">generate</span> <span class="pre">systemd</span> <span class="pre">my_webapp&quot;</span></code></p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-cell">
<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-systemd_units"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-generate-systemd-module-return-systemd-units"><strong>systemd_units</strong></p>
<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-systemd_units" title="Permalink to this return value"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">dictionary</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>A copy of the generated systemd .service unit(s)</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line"><strong class="ansible-option-returned-bold">Returned:</strong> always</p>
<p class="ansible-option-line ansible-option-sample"><strong class="ansible-option-sample-bold">Sample:</strong> <code class="ansible-option-sample docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{&quot;container-postgres_local&quot;:</span> <span class="pre">&quot;</span> <span class="pre">#Content</span> <span class="pre">of</span> <span class="pre">the</span> <span class="pre">systemd</span> <span class="pre">.servec</span> <span class="pre">unit</span> <span class="pre">for</span> <span class="pre">postgres_local</span> <span class="pre">container&quot;,</span> <span class="pre">&quot;pod-my_webapp&quot;:</span> <span class="pre">&quot;</span> <span class="pre">#Content</span> <span class="pre">of</span> <span class="pre">the</span> <span class="pre">systemd</span> <span class="pre">.servec</span> <span class="pre">unit</span> <span class="pre">for</span> <span class="pre">my_webapp</span> <span class="pre">pod&quot;}</span></code></p>
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<section id="authors">
<h3>Authors<a class="headerlink" href="#authors" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Sébastien Gendre (&#64;CyberFox001)</p></li>
</ul>
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<section id="collection-links">
<h3>Collection links<a class="headerlink" href="#collection-links" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<ul class="ansible-links">
<li><span><a aria-role="button" class="ansible-link reference external" href="https://github.com/containers/ansible-podman-collections/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc" rel="noopener external" target="_blank">Issue Tracker</a></span></li>
<li><span><a aria-role="button" class="ansible-link reference external" href="https://github.com/containers/ansible-podman-collections" rel="noopener external" target="_blank">Repository (Sources)</a></span></li>
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