debian : mount /var as overlayfs at boot

I'm trying to mount /var with an overlayfs (with a tmpfs) at boot but don't manage to make it works.

Here is what I've done :

# creating tmpfs
mkdir /var.tmpfs
mount -t tmpfs -o rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,size=512m,mode=0775 tmpfs /var.tmpfs
chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX /var.tmpfs

# creating overlay
mkdir /var.tmpfs/{work,upper} /var.overlay
mount -t overlay -o rw,lowerdir=/var,upperdir=/var.tmpfs/upper,workdir=/var.tmpfs/work overlay /var.overlay
chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX /var.overlay

# binding to /var
mount --bind /var.overlay /var

# filling /etc/fstab
[...]
tmpfs           /var.tmpfs      tmpfs   rw,nosuid,noatime,size=512m          0  0
overlayfs       /var.overlay    overlay rw,lowerdir=/var,upperdir=/var.tmpfs/upper,workdir=/var.tmpfs/work    0   0
/var.overlay    /var            none    bind    0   0  

When the system boot I face the following error :

overlayfs: failed to resolve '/var.tmpfs/upper' -2

Which is normal since tmpfs is empty when mounted.

• How to create upper and work directories at boot
  • after mounting /var.tmpfs
  • before mounting /var.overlay
• Or is there any other solution with directories already present at boot ?

Thanks in advance.

The folders /var.tmpfs/upper and /var.tmpfs/work are located in tmpfs and will no longer present after reboot.

One option is to create both of them in fstab.