How Can I Configure My Agent to Automatically Start After the Host Machine Is Rebooted?

Question

How can I configure my agent to automatically start after the host machine is rebooted?

Environment

Container platform: Docker and Podman

Answer

The configuration required to automatically start the Hybrid Deployment Agent after a host reboot depends on the container platform you use.

Docker

Stop the agent.
```
./hdagent.sh -r docker stop
```
Go to the agent installation directory ($HOME/fivetran) and open the hdagent.sh file.
Replace --restart "on-failure:3" with --restart "always".
Start the agent.
```
./hdagent.sh -r docker start
```

Podman

For Podman, configuring the container restart policy alone does not ensure that the agent starts after the host machine reboots. You must also configure systemd to restart the container.

Stop the agent.
```
./hdagent.sh -r podman stop
```
Go to the agent installation directory ($HOME/fivetran) and open the hdagent.sh file.
Replace --restart "on-failure:3" with --restart "always".
Configure systemd to start the Podman container after a host reboot. You can use Podman's podman-restart.service or configure the container to run as a system service using a systemd unit. For more information, see Podman documentation.
Start the agent.
```
./hdagent.sh -r podman start
```