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Systemd: Service Management

Systemd is the standard init system and service manager for most modern Linux distributions.

Creating a Custom Service

To run a script or binary as a service, create a file at /etc/systemd/system/my-service.service:

[Unit]
Description=My Custom Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=my_user
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/my_user/script.py
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Useful Commands

  • systemctl start my-service: Start.
  • systemctl enable my-service: Enable at boot.
  • systemctl status my-service: Check status and recent logs.
  • journalctl -u my-service -f: Tail logs in real-time.