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-% podman-generate-systemd(1)
+% podman-generate-systemd 1
## NAME
podman\-generate\-systemd - Generate systemd unit file(s) for a container or pod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ therefore the overridden default value._
A Kubernetes YAML can be executed in systemd via the `podman-kube@.service` systemd template. The template's argument is the path to the YAML file. Given a `workload.yaml` file in the home directory, it can be executed as follows:
```
-$ escaped=$(systemd-escape ~/sysadmin.yaml)
+$ escaped=$(systemd-escape ~/workload.yaml)
$ systemctl --user start podman-kube@$escaped.service
$ systemctl --user is-active podman-kube@$escaped.service
active
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ User-defined dependencies will be appended to the generated unit file, but any e
Set the systemd unit name prefix for containers. The default is *container*.
+#### **--env**, **-e**=*env*
+
+Set environment variables to the systemd unit files.
+
+If an environment variable is specified without a value, Podman will check the host environment for a value and set the variable only if it is set on the host. As a special case, if an environment variable ending in __*__ is specified without a value, Podman will search the host environment for variables starting with the prefix and will add those variables to the systemd unit files.
+
#### **--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.