In the world of container orchestration, most of us just want our containers to start on boot, stay running, and be easy to update. All this can be achieved with Podman Quadlets. Since Podman version 5, Quadlets redefined declarative deployment, and containers have become simpler to manage via Systemd unit files.

Quadlets are capable of defining containers, pods or entire applications in a single file, and now all this can be handled through the API or Python.

Starting from the basic concepts, this workshop will guide the audience to write a full Quadlet deployment. Knowledge and insights will be provided about how to use Podman and Quadlets through CLI, remotely via the API, or with Python.

In short, the workshop aims to provide a comprehensive overview and to give the audience specialized tools that are needed to interoperate with Quadlets.

Prerequisites: Familiarity Podman and Systemd knowledge. A system with access to Podman and Systemd is necessary. Beginner/Intermediate.