diff --git a/modules/podman-mariadb.nix b/modules/podman-mariadb.nix
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+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfgs = config.services.podman-mariadb;
+  conf = import ./vars.nix;
+in
+{
+
+  options = {
+    services.podman-mariadb = mkOption {
+      description = mdDoc "Configure a single database mariadb instance running in podman.";
+      default = {};
+      type = types.attrsOf (types.submodule ({ config, ... }: {
+        options = let
+          name = config._module.args.name;
+        in
+        {
+          enable = mkEnableOption (mdDoc "podman-mariadb");
+
+          image = mkOption {
+            description = mdDoc "The mariadb image to use.";
+            type = types.str;
+            default = "docker.io/library/mariadb:latest";
+            example = "docker.io/library/mariadb:lts";
+          };
+
+          database = mkOption {
+            description = "The name of the database to be created.";
+            type = types.str;
+            default = name;
+          };
+
+          user = mkOption {
+            description = "The owner of the database.";
+            type = types.str;
+            default = name;
+          };
+
+          passwordFile = mkOption {
+            description = "The password file for the database user.";
+            type = types.path;
+          };
+
+          port = mkOption {
+            description = "The port to serve mariadb on the host.";
+            type = types.int;
+            example = 33060;
+          };
+
+          backupPath = mkOption {
+            description = "The path to backup the database to.";
+            type = types.str;
+            default = "/var/backup/mariadb";
+          };
+
+          backupInterval = mkOption {
+            description = "The interval to backup the database";
+            type = types.str;
+            default = "hourly";
+            example = "daily";
+          };
+
+        };
+      }));
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf (any (cfg: cfg.enable) (attrValues cfgs)) {
+
+    virtualisation.oci-containers.containers = mkMerge (mapAttrsToList (_: cfg: {
+      "mariadb-${cfg.database}" = {
+        image = cfg.image;
+        ports = [ "${(toString cfg.port)}:3306" ];
+        environment = {
+          TZ = "Europe/Berlin";
+          MARIADB_USER = cfg.user;
+          MARIADB_DATABASE = cfg.database;
+          MARIADB_PASSWORD_FILE = cfg.passwordFile;
+          MARIADB_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD = "true";
+          MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE = "true";
+        };
+        volumes = [
+          "/var/lib/mariadb/${cfg.database}:/var/lib/mysql"
+          "${cfg.passwordFile}:${cfg.passwordFile}"
+        ];
+        extraOptions = conf.podman.extraOptions;
+        #extraOptions = conf.podman.extraOptions ++ [
+        #  "--health-cmd=pg_isready -d ${cfg.database} -U ${cfg.user}"
+        #  "--health-start-period=10s"
+        #];
+      };
+    }) cfgs);
+
+    system.activationScripts = mkMerge (mapAttrsToList (_: cfg: {
+      "makeMariaDB${cfg.database}Dirs" = lib.stringAfter [ "var" ] ''
+        mkdir -p "/var/lib/mariadb/${cfg.database}" "${cfg.backupPath}/${cfg.database}"
+      '';
+    }) cfgs);
+
+
+    #systemd = mkMerge (mapAttrsToList (_: cfg: {
+    #  services."podman-mariadb-${cfg.database}-backup" = {
+    #    description = "Backup of ${cfg.database} database";
+    #    requisite = [ "podman-mariadb-${cfg.database}.service" ];
+    #    serviceConfig = {
+    #      ExecStart = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash -c '${pkgs.podman}/bin/podman exec postgresql-${cfg.database} pg_dumpall -c -U ${cfg.user} | ${pkgs.zstd}/bin/zstd -o ${cfg.backupPath}/${cfg.database}/\$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/date +%%F_%%R).sql.zst'" ;
+    #      Type = "oneshot";
+    #    };
+    #  };
+    #  timers."podman-mariadb-${cfg.database}-backup" = {
+    #    timerConfig = {
+    #      OnCalendar = cfg.backupInterval;
+    #    };
+    #    wantedBy = [ "podman-mariadb-${cfg.database}.service" ];
+    #  };
+    #}) cfgs);
+
+  };
+
+}
+# vim: set et ts=2 sw=2 ai: