ubuntu_container.md

Perfect 🔥 — we'll be running and making ubuntu alias fully self-contained:

• It’ll auto-create shared folder (~/podman/ubuntu_data) on your main OS
• Create the container if it doesn’t exist
• Then drop you right into Bash inside your persistent Ubuntu environment

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🧩 1. Edit Your Shell Config

Open your shell’s config file:

• For bash:

  nano ~/.bashrc

• For zsh:

  nano ~/.zshrc

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⚙️ 2. Add These Aliases

Paste this block at the end of the file:

# === Ubuntu Container Shortcuts ===
alias ubunt='podman stop ubuntu_persistent >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "🛑 Ubuntu container stopped."'

ubuntu() {
  CONTAINER_NAME="ubuntu_persistent"
  HOST_DIR="$HOME/podman/ubuntu_data"

  # Create shared folder if missing
  [ -d "$HOST_DIR" ] || mkdir -p "$HOST_DIR"

  # Check if container exists
  if ! podman container exists "$CONTAINER_NAME"; then
    echo "🚀 Creating new Ubuntu container..."
    podman run -dit --name "$CONTAINER_NAME" -v "$HOST_DIR":/data ubuntu >/dev/null
  fi

  # Start container if it’s not running
  if [ "$(podman inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$CONTAINER_NAME" 2>/dev/null)" != "true" ]; then
    podman start "$CONTAINER_NAME" >/dev/null
  fi

  # Drop into Bash shell
  podman exec -it "$CONTAINER_NAME" bash
}

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🔄 3. Reload Your Shell

Apply the new aliases:

source ~/.bashrc

(or source ~/.zshrc for Zsh)

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🚀 4. Usage

Now you can simply type:

ubuntu

✨ What happens:

• Creates ~/podman/ubuntu_data if it doesn’t exist
• Creates your persistent container (if missing)
• Starts it if stopped
• Opens a bash shell inside it

When you’re done:

exit   # exits Ubuntu

Or from your host:

ubunt

🛑 Stops the container cleanly.

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✅ 5. Summary

Command	Action
ubuntu	Auto-create and start persistent Ubuntu container
ubunt	Stop it
Shared folder	~/podman/ubuntu_data ↔ /data inside Ubuntu

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