Th3On3 · May 30, 2025 08:32 · Sep 25, 2024
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+source https://www.shubhamdipt.com/blog/how-to-create-a-systemd-service-in-linux/
+
+1. `cd /etc/systemd/system`
+2. Create a file named your-service.service and include the following
+
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=<description about this service>
+
+[Service]
+User=<user e.g. root>
+WorkingDirectory=<directory_of_script e.g. /root>
+ExecStart=<script which needs to be executed>
+# optional items below
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=<project description>
+
+[Service]
+User=<user e.g. root>
+WorkingDirectory=<path to your project directory containing your python script>
+ExecStart=/home/user/.virtualenv/bin/python main.py
+# optional items below
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3
+# replace /home/user/.virtualenv/bin/python with your virtualenv and main.py with your script
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=<project description>
+
+[Service]
+User=<user e.g. root>
+WorkingDirectory=<path to your project directory>
+ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'cd /home/ubuntu/project/ && source venv/bin/activate && python test.py'
+# optional items below
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+3. Reload the service files to include the new service.
+`sudo systemctl daemon-reload`
+
+
+4. Start your service
+`sudo systemctl start your-service.service`
+
+5. To check the status of your service
+`sudo systemctl status example.service`
+
+6. To enable your service on every reboot
+`sudo systemctl enable example.service`
+
+7. To disable your service on every reboot
+`sudo systemctl disable example.service`