The objective of this tutorial is to create a system service in order to run a standalone program on background.
Prerequisites
Create Service
a. Create new service
sudo vim /lib/systemd/system/myservice.service
b. Edit parameters
[Unit]
Description=MyService
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /opt/script.py
Restart=on-abort
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
c. Enable execution permission of your service
sudo chmod 644 /lib/systemd/system/myservice.service
d. Enable execution permission of your script
sudo chmod u+x /opt/script.py
e. Create symbolic link
sudo ln -s /opt/script.py /usr/bin/myservice
f. Reload daemon
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
g. Enable the service
sudo systemctl enable myservice.service
h. Start the service
sudo systemctl start myservice.service
i. Check status
sudo systemctl status myservice.service
Useful commands
- Stop the service
sudo systemctl stop myservice.service
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