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+% podman-generate-systemd(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-generate\-systemd - Generate systemd unit file(s) for a container. Not supported for the remote client
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman generate systemd** [*options*] *container|pod*
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman generate systemd** will create a systemd unit file that can be used to control a container or pod.
+By default, the command will print the content of the unit files to stdout.
+
+Note that this command is not supported for the remote client.
+
+## OPTIONS:
+
+**--files**, **-f**
+
+Generate files instead of printing to stdout.  The generated files are named {container,pod}-{ID,name}.service and will be placed in the current working directory.
+
+**--name**, **-n**
+
+Use the name of the container for the start, stop, and description in the unit file
+
+**--timeout**, **-t**=*value*
+
+Override the default stop timeout for the container with the given value.
+
+**--restart-policy**=*policy*
+Set the systemd restart policy.  The restart-policy must be one of: "no", "on-success", "on-failure", "on-abnormal",
+"on-watchdog", "on-abort", or "always".  The default policy is *on-failure*.
+
+## Examples
+
+Create and print a systemd unit file for a container running nginx with an *always* restart policy and 1-second timeout to stdout.
+```
+$ podman create --name nginx nginx:latest
+$ podman generate systemd --restart-policy=always -t 1 nginx
+# container-de1e3223b1b888bc02d0962dd6cb5855eb00734061013ffdd3479d225abacdc6.service
+# autogenerated by Podman 1.5.2
+# Wed Aug 21 09:46:45 CEST 2019
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Podman container-de1e3223b1b888bc02d0962dd6cb5855eb00734061013ffdd3479d225abacdc6.service
+Documentation=man:podman-generate-systemd(1)
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman start de1e3223b1b888bc02d0962dd6cb5855eb00734061013ffdd3479d225abacdc6
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop -t 1 de1e3223b1b888bc02d0962dd6cb5855eb00734061013ffdd3479d225abacdc6
+KillMode=none
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/user/1000/overlay-containers/de1e3223b1b888bc02d0962dd6cb5855eb00734061013ffdd3479d225abacdc6/userdata/conmon.pid
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+Create systemd unit files for a pod with two simple alpine containers. Note that these container services cannot be started or stopped individually via `systemctl`; they are managed by the pod service. You can still use `systemctl status` or journalctl to examine them.
+```
+$ podman pod create --name systemd-pod
+$ podman create --pod systemd-pod alpine top
+$ podman create --pod systemd-pod alpine top
+$ podman generate systemd --files --name systemd-pod
+/home/user/pod-systemd-pod.service
+/home/user/container-amazing_chandrasekhar.service
+/home/user/container-jolly_shtern.service
+$ cat pod-systemd-pod.service
+# pod-systemd-pod.service
+# autogenerated by Podman 1.5.2
+# Wed Aug 21 09:52:37 CEST 2019
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Podman pod-systemd-pod.service
+Documentation=man:podman-generate-systemd(1)
+Requires=container-amazing_chandrasekhar.service container-jolly_shtern.service
+Before=container-amazing_chandrasekhar.service container-jolly_shtern.service
+
+[Service]
+Restart=on-failure
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman start 77a818221650-infra
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop -t 10 77a818221650-infra
+KillMode=none
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/run/user/1000/overlay-containers/ccfd5c71a088768774ca7bd05888d55cc287698dde06f475c8b02f696a25adcd/userdata/conmon.pid
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman(1), podman-container(1), systemctl(1), systemd.unit(5), systemd.service(5)
+
+## HISTORY
+August 2019, Updated with pod support by Valentin Rothberg (rothberg at redhat dot com)
+April 2019, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)