---
title: "How to run pods as systemd services with Podman | Enable Sysadmin"
description: "!https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/podman-run-pods-systemd-services"
date: 2023-09-22
published: true
tags:
  - container
  - containers
  - linux
  - podman
  - thought
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---


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podman comes with a nice command for generating systemd service files (units).

``` bash
$ podman pod create --name=my-pod
635bcc5bb5aa0a45af4c2f5a508ebd6a02b93e69324197a06d02a12873b6d1f7

$ podman create --pod=my-pod --name=container-a -t centos top
c04be9c4ac1c93473499571f3c2ad74deb3e0c14f4f00e89c7be3643368daf0e

$ podman create --pod=my-pod --name=container-b -t centos top
b42314b2deff99f5877e76058ac315b97cfb8dc40ed02f9b1b87f21a0cf2fbff

$ cd $HOME/.config/systemd/user

$ podman generate systemd --new --files --name my-pod
/home/vrothberg/.config/systemd/user/pod-my-pod.service
/home/vrothberg/.config/systemd/user/container-container-b.service
/home/vrothberg/.config/systemd/user/container-container-a.service
```