# PMM Server not start at startup

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-not-start-at-startup/27710>\
**Category:** Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)\
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-not-start-at-startup/27710 "2024-01-11T11:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sysadminpix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@sysadminpix](https://forums.percona.com/u/sysadminpix)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-not-start-at-startup/27710/1 "2024-01-11T11:12:12Z")

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Hi,

I installed pmm-server with podman following this guide

> **[Percona Monitoring and Management - Podman](https://docs.percona.com/percona-monitoring-and-management/setting-up/server/podman.html)**
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> How to run PMM Server with Podman on our Docker image

the user I created is called pmm but, if I restart the virtual machine, pmm-server on podman does not start automatically until I log in with pmm on the VM.

I think the problem is given by the “systemctl --user enable pmm-server” command, but how can I make it start automatically without entering the VM with the pmm user?

Regards,  
Dario

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-not-start-at-startup/27710/2 "2024-01-11T14:35:55Z")

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Hello @sysadminpix, I did a quick google search on this and found a reddit answer for how to start podman containers on OS boot. They reference Quadlets. [https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/quadlet-podman](https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/quadlet-podman) These seem to be the official way to have podman containers start at boot.