2 files changed, 5 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/README.md b/contrib/systemd/README.md
index ff266c6a5..9f1d37792 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/README.md
+++ b/contrib/systemd/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 ## system-wide (podman service run as root)
 
-The following unit file examples assume:
- 1. copied the `service` executable into `/usr/local/bin`
- 1. `chcon system_u:object_r:container_runtime_exec_t:s0 /usr/local/bin/service`
-
-then:
  1. copy the `podman.service` and `podman.socket` files into `/etc/systemd/system`
  1. `systemctl daemon-reload`
  1. `systemctl enable podman.socket`
@@ -16,47 +11,12 @@ then:
 Assuming the status messages show no errors, the libpod service is ready to respond to the APIv2 on the unix domain socket `/run/podman/podman.sock`
 
 ### podman.service
-```toml
-[Unit]
-Description=Podman API Service
-Requires=podman.socket
-After=podman.socket
-Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
-StartLimitIntervalSec=0
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-Environment=REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/containers/registries.conf
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/service
-TimeoutStopSec=30
-KillMode=process
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Also=podman.socket
-```
+You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/contrib/systemd/system/podman.service) for a sample podman.service file.
 ### podman.socket
+You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/contrib/systemd/system/podman.socket) for a sample podman.socket file.
 
-```toml
-[Unit]
-Description=Podman API Socket
-Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
-
-[Socket]
-ListenStream=%t/podman/podman.sock
-SocketMode=0660
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sockets.target
-```
 ## user (podman service run as given user aka "rootless")
 
-The following unit file examples assume:
- 1. you have a created a directory `~/bin`
- 1. copied the `service` executable into `~/bin`
- 1. `chcon system_u:object_r:container_runtime_exec_t:s0 ~/bin/service`
-
-then:
  1. `mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user`
  1. copy the `podman.service` and `podman.socket` files into `~/.config/systemd/user`
  1. `systemctl --user enable podman.socket`
@@ -66,37 +26,7 @@ then:
 Assuming the status messages show no errors, the libpod service is ready to respond to the APIv2 on the unix domain socket `/run/user/$(id -u)/podman/podman.sock`
 
 ### podman.service
+You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/contrib/systemd/user/podman.service) for a rootless podman.service file.
 
-```toml
-[Unit]
-Description=Podman API Service
-Requires=podman.socket
-After=podman.socket
-Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
-StartLimitIntervalSec=0
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-Environment=REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/containers/registries.conf
-ExecStart=%h/bin/service
-TimeoutStopSec=30
-KillMode=process
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Also=podman.socket
-```
 ### podman.socket
-
-```toml
-[Unit]
-Description=Podman API Socket
-Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
-
-[Socket]
-ListenStream=%t/podman/podman.sock
-SocketMode=0660
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sockets.target
-```
+You can refer to [this example](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/contrib/systemd/user/podman.socket) for a rootless podman.socket file.
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/system/podman.service b/contrib/systemd/system/podman.service
index 13d858627..eaa2ec437 100644
--- a/contrib/systemd/system/podman.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/system/podman.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ StartLimitIntervalSec=0
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 Environment=REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/containers/registries.conf
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/service
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman system service
 TimeoutStopSec=30
 KillMode=process