# Note: Perform the following operations by SSHing into localhost as the user "wallah"
[root@node1 ~]# ssh wallah@localhost
# Prepare the relevant mapping directories
[wallah@node1 ~]$ sudo mkdir /opt/{file,progress}
[wallah@node1 ~]$ sudo chown wallah:wallah /opt/{file,progress}
# Start the container and map directories
# :Z changes the SELinux security context of the directory to allow container access.
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman run -d --name ascii2pdf -v /opt/file:/dir1:Z -v /opt/progress:/dir2:Z pdf
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman ps -a
# Create systemd service file
[wallah@node1 ~]$ mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
[wallah@node1 ~]$ cd ~/.config/systemd/user/
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman generate systemd -n ascii2pdf -f --new
[wallah@node1 user]$ ll
total 4
-rw-r--r--. 1 wallah wallah 770 Dec 13 01:07 container-ascii2pdf.service
# Stop and remove the existing ascii2pdf container
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman stop ascii2pdf
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman rm ascii2pdf
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman ps -a
# Enable and start the container-ascii2pdf service
[wallah@node1 ~]$ systemctl --user daemon-reload
[wallah@node1 ~]$ systemctl --user enable --now container-ascii2pdf
# Check container status
[wallah@node1 ~]$ systemctl --user status container-ascii2pdf
[wallah@node1 ~]$ podman ps
# On node1, switch to the root user to perform the following operations
# Ensure that the services for the wallah user start automatically at system boot
[root@node1 ~]# loginctl enable-linger
[root@node1 ~]# loginctl show-user wallah
# Check to ensure the container starts on boot (mandatory operation)
[root@node1 ~]# reboot
[root@node1 ~]# ssh wallah@node1
[wallah@node1 ~]# podman ps