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Podman on debian How to fix no podman-auto-update.service

#sysadmin #podman #systemd

This is an issue that can popup when installing podman from a static build Installation on Debian.

To fix it we have to create a update service and timer. These were originally from github repo, but with static podman build they aren’t.

Create directory for

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/
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Create file podman-auto-update.service:

[Unit] Description=Podman auto-update service Documentation=man:podman-auto-update(1) Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/podman auto-update ExecStartPost=/usr/local/bin/podman image prune -f [Install] WantedBy=default.target
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Create file podman-auto-update.timer:

[Unit] Description=Podman auto-update timer [Timer] OnCalendar=daily RandomizedDelaySec=900 Persistent=true [Install] WantedBy=timers.target
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Reload units:

systemctl --user daemon-reload; journalctl -f
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Enable service and timer:

systemctl --user enable podman-auto-update.service systemctl --user enable podman-auto-update.timer
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