From febdc8f37089db75b9302ff69c93173d33fecee7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederic Van Espen <github2@freh.be>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:37:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update readme for legacy OpenMowerOS

---
 README.md | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13998b2..c8c0f81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ At this time, "only" the map editor and some debug information are enabled.
 
 # Installation
 
-This assumes you're on a recent OpenMowerOS v2 image.
+## OpenMowerOS v2
 
 1. Go to `http://<mower-ip>:5001/compose/openmower` in your browser.
 2. Switch to edit mode.
@@ -33,3 +33,47 @@ This assumes you're on a recent OpenMowerOS v2 image.
 5. Click the `Deploy` button.
 
 You can now access the app at `http://<mower-ip>:3000` in your browser.
+
+## OpenMowerOS legacy
+
+For the legacy OpenMowerOS image you need to create a systemd service. Create a file at `/etc/systemd/system/openmower-app.service` with the following content:
+
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=Podman container - openmower-app.service
+Documentation=man:podman-generate-systemd(1)
+Wants=network.target
+After=network-online.target NetworkManager.service
+StartLimitInterval=120
+StartLimitBurst=10
+
+[Service]
+Environment=PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=%n
+Type=forking
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=15s
+TimeoutStartSec=1h
+TimeoutStopSec=120s
+
+ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/container-openmower-app.pid %t/container-openmower-app.ctr-id
+
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run --conmon-pidfile %t/container-openmower-app.pid --cidfile %t/container-openmower-app.ctr-id --cgroups=no-conmon \
+  --replace --detach --tty --privileged \
+  --name openmower-app \
+  --network=host \
+  --label io.containers.autoupdate=image \
+  ghcr.io/xtech/openmower-app:edge
+
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman stop --ignore --cidfile %t/container-openmower-app.ctr-id -t 10
+ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/podman rm --ignore --force --cidfile %t/container-openmower-app.ctr-id
+PIDFile=%t/container-openmower-app.pid
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target default.target
+```
+
+Then enable the service and start it:
+```bash
+sudo systemctl enable openmower-app.service
+sudo systemctl start openmower-app.service
+```

From 56a095dd647b9cefc06ae35569c8578f4336ae67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederic Van Espen <github2@freh.be>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:20:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] updates after review

---
 README.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8c0f81..859025f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ TimeoutStopSec=120s
 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f %t/container-openmower-app.pid %t/container-openmower-app.ctr-id
 
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run --conmon-pidfile %t/container-openmower-app.pid --cidfile %t/container-openmower-app.ctr-id --cgroups=no-conmon \
-  --replace --detach --tty --privileged \
+  --replace --detach --tty \
   --name openmower-app \
-  --network=host \
+  --publish 3000:3000/tcp \
   --label io.containers.autoupdate=image \
   ghcr.io/xtech/openmower-app:edge
 
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target default.target
 
 Then enable the service and start it:
 ```bash
-sudo systemctl enable openmower-app.service
-sudo systemctl start openmower-app.service
+sudo systemctl enable --now openmower-app.service
 ```
+
+You can now access the app at `http://<mower-ip>:3000` in your browser.