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-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md9
-rw-r--r--libpod/container.go4
-rw-r--r--libpod/options.go2
-rw-r--r--pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go4
-rw-r--r--test/e2e/create_test.go14
6 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
index 1da9d72e6..03ac8642f 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-create.1.md
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ Valid values are:
- `no` : Do not restart containers on exit
- `on-failure[:max_retries]` : Restart containers when they exit with a non-0 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**
Please note that restart will not restart containers after a system reboot.
If this functionality is required in your environment, you can invoke Podman from a systemd unit file, or create an init script for whichever init system is in use.
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
index 3e1ade047..539e62819 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-run.1.md
@@ -682,11 +682,10 @@ 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;
-- **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.
+- `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**
Please note that restart will not restart containers after a system reboot.
If this functionality is required in your environment, you can invoke Podman from a **systemd.unit**(5) file, or create an init script for whichever init system is in use.
diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index d4a779b13..20702903e 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ const (
// RestartPolicyOnFailure restarts the container on non-0 exit code,
// with an optional maximum number of retries.
RestartPolicyOnFailure = "on-failure"
+ // RestartPolicyUnlessStopped unconditionally restarts unless stopped
+ // by the user. It is identical to Always except with respect to
+ // handling of system restart, which Podman does not yet support.
+ RestartPolicyUnlessStopped = "unless-stopped"
)
// Container is a single OCI container.
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index 5a0f60093..e1c4ddf06 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ func WithRestartPolicy(policy string) CtrCreateOption {
}
switch policy {
- case RestartPolicyNone, RestartPolicyNo, RestartPolicyOnFailure, RestartPolicyAlways:
+ case RestartPolicyNone, RestartPolicyNo, RestartPolicyOnFailure, RestartPolicyAlways, RestartPolicyUnlessStopped:
ctr.config.RestartPolicy = policy
default:
return errors.Wrapf(define.ErrInvalidArg, "%q is not a valid restart policy", policy)
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 869601e93..2f7100e7e 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
- "github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/define"
"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/image"
"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/specgen"
"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
@@ -251,9 +250,6 @@ func createContainerOptions(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.
// Default used if not overridden on command line
if s.RestartPolicy != "" {
- if s.RestartPolicy == "unless-stopped" {
- return nil, errors.Wrapf(define.ErrInvalidArg, "the unless-stopped restart policy is not supported")
- }
if s.RestartRetries != nil {
options = append(options, libpod.WithRestartRetries(*s.RestartRetries))
}
diff --git a/test/e2e/create_test.go b/test/e2e/create_test.go
index 822e470f2..52ce0b46a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/create_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/create_test.go
@@ -401,6 +401,20 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman create", func() {
Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Not(Equal(0)))
})
+ It("podman create with --restart-policy unless-stopped", func() {
+ ctrName := "testctr"
+ unlessStopped := "unless-stopped"
+ session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", "-t", "--restart", unlessStopped, "--name", ctrName, ALPINE, "/bin/sh"})
+ session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+ Expect(session.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
+
+ inspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", ctrName})
+ inspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+ data := inspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+ Expect(len(data)).To(Equal(1))
+ Expect(data[0].HostConfig.RestartPolicy.Name).To(Equal(unlessStopped))
+ })
+
It("podman create with -m 1000000 sets swap to 2000000", func() {
numMem := 1000000
ctrName := "testCtr"