Merge pull request #18446 from rhatdan/quadlet

Allow user quadlets to be stored under /etc

cmd/quadlet/main.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -98,8 +99,8 @@ func Debugf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 // This returns the directories where we read quadlet .container and .volumes from
 // For system generators these are in /usr/share/containers/systemd (for distro files)
 // and /etc/containers/systemd (for sysadmin files).
-// For user generators these live in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/containers/systemd
-func getUnitDirs(user bool) []string {
+// For user generators these can live in /etc/containers/systemd/users, /etc/containers/systemd/users/$UID, and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/containers/systemd
+func getUnitDirs(rootless bool) []string {
 	// Allow overdiding source dir, this is mainly for the CI tests
 	unitDirsEnv := os.Getenv("QUADLET_UNIT_DIRS")
 	if len(unitDirsEnv) > 0 {
@@ -107,16 +108,24 @@ func getUnitDirs(user bool) []string {
 	}
 
 	dirs := make([]string, 0)
-	if user {
-		if configDir, err := os.UserConfigDir(); err == nil {
+	if rootless {
+		configDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: %v", err)
+			return nil
+		}
 		dirs = append(dirs, path.Join(configDir, "containers/systemd"))
-		}
-	} else {
-		dirs = append(dirs, quadlet.UnitDirAdmin)
-		dirs = append(dirs, quadlet.UnitDirDistro)
-	}
+		dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users"))
+		u, err := user.Current()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: %v", err)
 			return dirs
 		}
+		return append(dirs, filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users", u.Uid))
+	}
+	dirs = append(dirs, quadlet.UnitDirAdmin)
+	return append(dirs, quadlet.UnitDirDistro)
+}
 
 func isExtSupported(filename string) bool {
 	ext := filepath.Ext(filename)

cmd/quadlet/main_test.go

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/systemd/quadlet"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -40,3 +45,38 @@ func TestIsUnambiguousName(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, res, test.res, "%q", test.input)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUnitDirs(t *testing.T) {
+	rootDirs := []string{
+		quadlet.UnitDirAdmin,
+		quadlet.UnitDirDistro,
+	}
+	unitDirs := getUnitDirs(false)
+	assert.Equal(t, unitDirs, rootDirs, "rootful unit dirs should match")
+
+	configDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	u, err := user.Current()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	rootlessDirs := []string{
+		path.Join(configDir, "containers/systemd"),
+		filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users"),
+		filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users", u.Uid),
+	}
+
+	unitDirs = getUnitDirs(true)
+	assert.Equal(t, unitDirs, rootlessDirs, "rootless unit dirs should match")
+
+	name, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "dir")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	// remove the temporary directory at the end of the program
+	defer os.RemoveAll(name)
+
+	t.Setenv("QUADLET_UNIT_DIRS", name)
+	unitDirs = getUnitDirs(false)
+	assert.Equal(t, unitDirs, []string{name}, "rootful should use environment variable")
+
+	unitDirs = getUnitDirs(true)
+	assert.Equal(t, unitDirs, []string{name}, "rootless should use environment variable")
+}

docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## NAME
 
-podman\-systemd.unit - systemd units using Podman quadlet
+podman\-systemd.unit - systemd units using Podman Quadlet
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ podman\-systemd.unit - systemd units using Podman quadlet
 
 ### Podman user unit search path
 
+ * /etc/containers/systemd/users/
+ * /etc/containers/systemd/users/$(UID)
  * $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/containers/systemd/
  * ~/.config/containers/systemd/
 
@@ -38,6 +40,14 @@ Each file type has a custom section (for example, `[Container]`) that is handled
 other sections will be passed on untouched, allowing the use of any normal systemd configuration options
 like dependencies or cgroup limits.
 
+For rootless containers, when administrators place Quadlet files in the
+/etc/containers/systemd/users directory, all users' sessions will execute the
+Quadlet when the login session begins. If the administrator places a Quadlet
+file in the /etc/containers/systemd/user/${UID}/ directory, then only the
+user with the matching UID will execute the Quadlet when the login
+session gets started.
+
+
 ### Enabling unit files
 
 The services created by Podman are considered transient by systemd, which means they don't have the same
@@ -145,7 +155,7 @@ Adds a device node from the host into the container. The format of this is
 `HOST-DEVICE[:CONTAINER-DEVICE][:PERMISSIONS]`, where `HOST-DEVICE` is the path of
 the device node on the host, `CONTAINER-DEVICE` is the path of the device node in
 the container, and `PERMISSIONS` is a list of permissions combining 'r' for read,
-'w' for write, and 'm' for mknod(2). The `-` prefix tells quadlet to add the device
+'w' for write, and 'm' for mknod(2). The `-` prefix tells Quadlet to add the device
 only if it exists on the host.
 
 This key can be listed multiple times.
@@ -307,7 +317,7 @@ generally has the form `type=TYPE,TYPE-SPECIFIC-OPTION[,...]`.
 As a special case, for `type=volume` if `source` ends with `.volume`, a Podman named volume called
 `systemd-$name` will be used as the source, and the generated systemd service will contain
 a dependency on the `$name-volume.service`. Such a volume can be automatically be lazily
-created by using a `$name.volume` quadlet file.
+created by using a `$name.volume` Quadlet file.
 
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@@ -320,7 +330,7 @@ not set up networking in the container.
 As a special case, if the `name` of the network ends with `.network`, a Podman network called
 `systemd-$name` will be used, and the generated systemd service will contain
 a dependency on the `$name-network.service`. Such a network can be automatically
-created by using a `$name.network` quadlet file.
+created by using a `$name.network` Quadlet file.
 
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@@ -449,7 +459,7 @@ If `SOURCE-VOLUME` starts with `.`, Quadlet will resolve the path relative to th
 As a special case, if `SOURCE-VOLUME` ends with `.volume`, a Podman named volume called
 `systemd-$name` will be used as the source, and the generated systemd service will contain
 a dependency on the `$name-volume.service`. Such a volume can be automatically be lazily
-created by using a `$name.volume` quadlet file.
+created by using a `$name.volume` Quadlet file.
 
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@@ -498,7 +508,7 @@ not set up networking in the container.
 As a special case, if the `name` of the network ends with `.network`, a Podman network called
 `systemd-$name` will be used, and the generated systemd service will contain
 a dependency on the `$name-network.service`. Such a network can be automatically
-created by using a `$name.network` quadlet file.
+created by using a `$name.network` Quadlet file.
 
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