[quadlet] [build] [auto-update]

[spmfox]

Hello - I've been embracing quadlet and converting all of my pods/containers into this format. I've been looking at the quadlet man pages for a few hours and I cannot figure out how auto-update works while using .container + .build quadlet units.

On the first run, it works perfectly - the image is built and the container starts. However, using the AutoUpdate=local option to the container does not actually re-invoke the .build service to re-build the container.

I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious, if this is still a work in progress, or if there is another way to do this (with quadlets). I assume I could create my own .timer to do this, but I'm trying to stay using pure quadlet only if possible.

Thank you.

[st0nie]

AutoUpdate=local means every time you re-build the image, your container will be re-created.
So if you restart .build unit, the .container will be restart.
It seems that podman auto-update cannot auto-rebuild your image. but you can set Pull=always in [Build] section, this allow you to auto-pull latest image while staring the .build unit