DDEV systemd service units to auto start and off containers during boot and poweroff

readme.md

This has been tested inside LXC (debian 12) under Proxmox 8.2.8

References:

• https://www.golinuxcloud.com/run-script-with-systemd-before-shutdown-linux/
• https://www.golinuxcloud.com/run-systemd-service-specific-user-group-linux/
• https://askubuntu.com/a/1480315
• https://superuser.com/a/1612248

ddev-off-before-shutdown.service

[Unit]
Description=DDEV turn off all instance before shutdown
Requires=containerd.service
After=multi-user.target containerd.service
 
[Service]
User=ddevuser
Group=docker
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/bin/true
ExecStop=/usr/bin/ddev poweroff
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

ddev-start-on-boot.service

[Unit]
Description=DDEV start on boot
Requires=containerd.service
After=multi-user.target containerd.service

[Service]
User=ddevuser
Group=docker
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ddev start yourproject

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target