Dear list, following requirement exists here (systemd-239 installed): Applying a "Requires" statement with an instantiated service. Example: a@.service b.service a@.service is started as a@host1.service and b.service must be started after a@host1.service but the unit will be differently parameterized (depended of the region). So I want to generalize the requires statement. My dropin file in ./b.service.d/dep.conf looks like [Unit] Requires="a@*.service" This just produces following error: 'Failed to add dependency on "a@*.service", ignoring: Invalid argument' I use also a Before=b.service statement for a@.service but that is not enough. Any hints? -- Thanks, Leon