systemd-service.md

linux systemd services

create service file

edit /etc/systemd/system/SERVICENAME.service file:

[Unit]
Description=service description
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=root
ExecStart=PATHTOPROGRAM

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

other useful flags

[Service]
User=username
Group=groupname
SyslogIdentifier=somename
KillSignal=SIGINT
EnvironmentFile=/root/security/secrets.env

commands

command	description
daemon reload	systemctl daemon-reload
install service	systemctl enable SERVICENAME
start service	systemctl SERVICENAME start
stop service	systemctl SERVICENAME stop
check log follow	journalctl -u SERVICENAME -f
check log since	journalctl -u SERVICENAME --since "1 days ago"