# Getting podman working with oci-container

**URL:** <https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/getting-podman-working-with-oci-container/1792>\
**Category:** Guix\
**Tags:** guix\
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/getting-podman-working-with-oci-container/1792 "2025-09-25T03:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![arcterus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@arcterus](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/arcterus)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/getting-podman-working-with-oci-container/1792/1 "2025-09-25T03:00:49Z")

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Does anyone know how to get `oci-service` to work properly with `rootless-podman-service`? I’ve set `(runtime ‘podman)`, but it seems that’s not enough to get it actually functioning. I’m basically trying to get Jellyfin running. Running `herd command-line jellyfin` gives me `/run/current-system/profile/bin/podman run --rm --replace --name jellyfin -p 8096:8096 -v jellyfin-config:/config -v jellyfin-cache:/cache -v /jellyfin:/media docker.io/jellyfin/jellyfin`, which functions correctly if I run it manually as the `oci-container` user, but it seems whatever Shepherd is trying to do fails (pretty much instantly).

I’m pretty new to Guix, so it’s quite possible I’m just doing something stupid.

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**Author:** ![nbguixuser0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4da419/32.png) [@nbguixuser0](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/nbguixuser0)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/getting-podman-working-with-oci-container/1792/2 "2025-09-25T12:46:07Z")

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do you any error messages from shepherd?