# plugin/boot-config/plugins/podman/

This directory is a staged mirror of what `/boot/config/plugins/podman/` should
look like immediately after a first install — see
[docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, section 4.1](../../../../docs/ARCHITECTURE.md#41-auf-dem-flash-device-boot-persistent-klein).

The `.plg` postinstall step (see `plugin/podman.plg`) copies these files to
`/boot/config/plugins/podman/` **only if they don't already exist**, so
re-running an install/update never clobbers a user's existing configuration.

Config file *content* templates (`containers.conf`, `storage.conf`,
`registries.conf`, `policy.json`) are sourced from the top-level [config/](../../../../config)
directory rather than duplicated here — this directory only defines the
directory skeleton and the plugin-specific settings files (`podman.cfg`,
`autostart`, ...) that have no equivalent elsewhere.

```
plugins/podman/
├── podman.cfg           # copied from config/podman.cfg.example
├── autostart              # empty by default, see docs/ARCHITECTURE.md section 12
├── autostart-delay        # empty by default
├── networks/               # empty, populated as custom networks are created
├── backup/
│   ├── packages/           # empty, populated on first update
│   └── config/              # empty, populated on first update
└── plugin.log               # empty, install/update log
```