Distrobox-init

[ndowens]

I use distrobox and have created a container using --init. I am wondering if there is a way to start a service from container in host?

I use maestral, which is a lightweight dropbox sync app and it has a service file. Usually I have to enter container and make sure it is running or start it.

[red11]

@ndowens

I use distrobox and have created a container using --init. I am wondering if there is a way to start a service from container in host?

From:

Ubuntu Manpage: distrobox create

Note that enabling --init will disable host’s process integration. From within the container you will not be able to see and manage host’s processes. This is needed because /sbin/init must be pid 1.

[ndowens]

Actually, re-looked at my fish history, seems I did not create the container with --init, so would that make it possible?

[fenglengshun]

Should be possible, here is an example service file that’s used/created by ujust install-resilio (if you want to take a look/experiment with it, just try the ujust command, and then delete the container if you don’t need it – maybe look at the raw just scripts as well).

post_install_files/resilio_sync/fedora-resilio-sync.service

Edit: actually, I just remembered - isn’t this exactly what Quadlet is for? Try taking a look at Desktop Quadlet if normal Quadlet don’t work for you.

Quadlet - Bazzite Documentation

Desktop Quadlets

DesktopQuadlets is a small project I’ve been working on to add services to Bluefin via quadlets. While originally just a system to handle auto restarts of quadlets when the network changed, the project kinda expanded into a repository of precreated quadlets and unit hierarchy to handle them. Hopefully someone finds this useful •ᴗ• GitHub Repo: lethedata/DesktopQuadlets Blog Post: DesktopQuadlets Project - LetheData [systemd units logic diagram]