Creating a systemd Service for a Podman Pod

To create a systemd service file for managing a Podman pod:

Generate the systemd unit file:

Use podman generate systemd with the --new flag to avoid generating a service for a currently running container. This ensures a create a new container out of the image:
```
podman generate systemd --new --files --name <podName>
```
Warning

If you use the same name for both the pod and a container, only the container’s service will be generated. Make sure the pod and container names are unique if you want a pod-level service.
Note

by default restart-policy is on-failure which means the pod will be restarted if a container fails to start. You can change the value to always to make the pod always restart.
```
podman generate systemd --new --files --name <podName> --restart-policy always
```
Move the generated service files to the user systemd directory

Move the .service file(s) to the appropriate location in your user’s systemd configuration directory:
```
mv generate_files ~/.config/systemd/user/
```
Reload the systemd user daemon:

Inform systemd about the new unit file:
```
systemctl --user daemon-reload
```
Enable and start the service:

Use --now to both enable the service at boot and start it immediately:
```
systemctl --user enable --now pod-<podName>.service
```