diff --git a/salt/podman/files/podman.service b/salt/podman/files/podman.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Podman API Service
+Requires=podman.socket
+After=podman.socket
+Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+Environment=REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/containers/registries.conf
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman system service
+TimeoutStopSec=30
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Also=podman.socket
diff --git a/salt/podman/files/podman.socket b/salt/podman/files/podman.socket
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+[Unit]
+Description=Podman API Socket
+Documentation=man:podman-api(1)
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=%t/podman/podman.sock
+SocketMode=0660
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/salt/podman/init.sls b/salt/podman/init.sls
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+Pip pkg:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: python3-pip
+
+Podman pkg:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: podman
+
+#Podman service:
+#  file.managed:
+#    - name: /usr/lib/systemd/system/podman.service
+#    - source: salt://podman/podman.service
+
+#Podman socket:
+#  file.managed:
+#    - name: /usr/lib/systemd/system/podman.socket
+#    - source: salt://podman/podman.socket
+#  service.running:
+#    - name: podman.socket
+#    - enable: true
+
+Docker socket:
+  file.symlink:
+    - name: /var/run/docker.sock
+    - target: /var/run/podman/podman.sock
+
+podman_docker_symlink:
+  file.symlink:
+    - name: /usr/bin/docker
+    - target: /usr/local/bin/podman
+
+Docker python:
+  pip.installed:
+    - bin_env: /usr/bin/pip3
+    - reload_modules: true
+    - pkgs:
+        - certifi #==2019.11.28
+        - chardet #==3.0.4
+        - docker #==4.2.1
+        - idna #==2.9
+        # - requests==2.23.0
+        - six #==1.14.0
+        - urllib3 #==1.25.8
+        - websocket-client #==0.57.0
+
+restart_salt_minion:
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: 'salt-call service.restart salt-minion'
+    - bg: true
+    - onchanges:
+      - pip: Docker python