gagankrmahto / ascii2pdf

A Docker App which will convert text files stored into /input directory and stores output pdf files in /output directory

Text to PDF converter Application

Build Application Image From Dockerfile using Following Command

podman image build -t myapp .

List Created Image using Following Command

podman image ls

Run a Container in Background using image we just created

mkdir -p /data/input

mkdir -p /data/output

podman container run -d --name myapp -v /data/input:/data/input:Z -v /data/output:/data/output:Z myapp

Verify Container is Running

podman ps

Create Systemd Daemon of given Container

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

cd ~/.config/systemd/user

podman generate systemd --name myapp --new --files

systemctl --user enable container-myapp.service

systemctl --user start container-myappp.service

Reboot System and check your container will be in running state

podman ps

Check application is working or not by following command

echo "something into textfile to be converted into pdf file" > /data/input/hello.txt

now check converted pdf file in output directory using following command

ls -lh /data/output

you can see podman application is converting input text file into pdf file! that's great

Happy Learning! :-)