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diff --git a/docs/podman-create.1.md b/docs/podman-create.1.md index 6d7d983b6..851f5cf3d 100644 --- a/docs/podman-create.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-create.1.md @@ -567,11 +567,17 @@ If container is running in --read-only mode, then mount a read-write tmpfs on /r **--restart=""** -Not implemented. +Restart policy to follow when containers exit. +Restart policy will not take effect if a container is stopped via the `podman kill` or `podman stop` commands. +Valid values are: -Restart should be handled via a systemd unit files. Please add your podman -commands to a unit file and allow systemd or your init system to handle the -restarting of the container processes. See example below. +- `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 + +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. +To generate systemd unit files, please see *podman generate systemd* **--rm**=*true*|*false* @@ -859,21 +865,6 @@ the uids and gids from the host. $ podman create --uidmap 0:30000:7000 --gidmap 0:30000:7000 fedora echo hello ``` -### Running a podman container to restart inside of a systemd unit file - - -``` -[Unit] -Description=My App -[Service] -Restart=always -ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman start -a my_app -ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop -t 10 my_app -KillMode=process -[Install] -WantedBy=multi-user.target -``` - ### Rootless Containers Podman runs as a non root user on most systems. This feature requires that a new enough version of shadow-utils |