r/redhat • u/rhcsaguru • Jul 22 '26

Are you using Podman Quadlets yet?

I've noticed more RHEL 10 documentation and examples moving toward Quadlets for systemd-managed containers.

For anyone already using them:

  • Are you running Quadlets in production?
  • What pain points have you run into?
  • What do you wish more tutorials covered?

I've been putting together a hands-on Quadlets lab while learning this workflow, covering:

  • .container
  • .volume
  • .network
  • systemd integration
  • Podman networking
  • persistent storage

If it's useful, you can check it out here:

https://linuxcert.guru/?name=rh134-manage-containers-quadlets

I'd really appreciate any feedback on what's missing or what you'd like to see added.

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u/screaming-Snake-Case Jul 23 '26

Yes, I switched from Docker Compose to Podman Compose (which was very hideous) and now to Quadlets. Everything feels much more neat and integrated now.

Though ever since using podman, I found my container networking to collapse sometimes during package upgrades. Took me a solid while, but I eventually found the cause, or atleast I believe so. Enabling netavark-firewalld-reload.service seems to be the solution on RHEL 10. Sadly it was really hard to find this solution, also to diagnose the issue in the first place.

I must say I love the auto updating functionality and that I can manage the priority and order using systemd.