Support for running as a systemd managed container

[anthr76]

What is missing?

Instead of running a static binary on the host run a container managed by systemd

Why do we need it?

A compromise between kubernetes, and running binaries on the host seems like a nice compromise to use podman/docker. There's also the containers module on Ansible though not sure if the project wants to be dependant on it.

https://podman.io/blogs/2018/09/13/systemd.html

Anything else we need to know?:

This can be useful for adding support for distros like Fedora Atomic, and OpenSUSE MicroOS, or and "atomic" host

[SuperQ]

We have talked about having Docker support in the past. What about podman support directly instead of systemd?

[anthr76]

Hi @SuperQ thanks for the super quick response. That's exactly what I think is best. Instead just relying on systemd to ensure the container is started on boot(from docker/podman). Like the article I linked above. I'd be happy to give a hand.