How can I access a .volume before Quadlet .container is up

[christian-2]

I have created my first .volume unit file for use with a Podman Quadlet .container: it consists of a single line [Volume].

I would now like to populate that volume with data before starting the my-container.container for the first time. However, I do not yet see any entry corresponding to my-volume.volume in podman volume list's output (this is after systemctl daemon-reload), nor can I systemctl start my-volume.volume or even systemctl cat my-volume.volume.

How can I get hold of the Podman volume that is underlying my-volume.volume before my-container.container is up? This is for Podman 4.7.2.

[christian-2]

I've been able to solve this myself: past systemctl daemon-reload, my-volume.volume corresponds to a generated my-volume-volume.service and systemctl start my-volume-volume.service works. Its start brings a Podman volume systemd-my-volume into existence, which can then be populated in a normal way.