https://github.com/eriksjolund/user-systemd-service-actions-workflow

GitHub Actions workflow that runs a socket-activated echo server with Podman in a user systemd service
https://github.com/eriksjolund/user-systemd-service-actions-workflow

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GitHub Actions workflow that runs a socket-activated echo server with Podman in a user systemd service

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/eriksjolund/user-systemd-service-actions-workflow
• Owner: eriksjolund
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-01-10T16:51:59.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-21T09:28:29.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-02-28T23:22:26.018Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: demo, echo-server, github-actions, podman, socket-activation, systemd, systemd-service
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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### GitHub Actions workflow to demonstrate how to run a user systemd service

The tested echo server container [__ghcr.io/eriksjolund/socket-activate-echo__](https://github.com/eriksjolund/socket-activate-echo/pkgs/container/socket-activate-echo 

) supports _socket activation_.

Using [socket activation](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorials/socket_activation.md) has

the advantage that there is no need for the client to use _/usr/bin/sleep_ combined with a while-loop to check if the server is online.

The file [.github/workflows/demo.yml](.github/workflows/demo.yml) contains:

```

name: Echo server demo with podman and systemd

on: 

  push:

    branch:

      - main

jobs:

  systemd_podman_echo_server_demo:

    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04

    permissions:

      contents: read

    steps:

      - name: Run actions/checkout for this repo

        uses: actions/checkout@v4

        with:

          path: checkout

          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Run an echo server with podman in a user systemd service

        run: |

          sudo apt-get update

          sudo apt-get install -y socat

          podman pull ghcr.io/eriksjolund/socket-activate-echo:latest

          mkdir -p ~/.config/containers/systemd

          mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

          cp checkout/echo.container ~/.config/containers/systemd

          cp checkout/echo.socket ~/.config/systemd/user/

          systemctl --user daemon-reload

          systemctl --user start echo.socket

          echo hello | socat - tcp4:127.0.0.1:3000

          echo hello | socat - tcp6:[::1]:3000

          echo hello | socat - udp4:127.0.0.1:3000

          echo hello | socat - udp6:[::1]:3000

          echo hello | socat - unix:$HOME/echo_stream_sock

          echo hello | socat - VSOCK-CONNECT:1:3000

```