systemD

Linux’s init system

Install

Sudo pacman -S systemd

Systemctl

Software to configure the system’s OS Service that run at startup.

• systemctl enable service to enable autostart of the service
• systemctl disable service
• systemctl start service runs the service
• systemctl restart service
• systemctl daemon-reload to reload configuration files

Creating Services

1. vim /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service

[Unit]
Description=Serve site using npx serve
After=network.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/path-to-work-with
ExecStart=/command-to-run
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

3. sudo systemctl enable myservice.service
4. sudo systemctl start myservice.service

Creating Userland Services

1. apt install dbus-user-session dbus
2. reboot
3. mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
4. vim ~/.config/systemd/user/myservice.service
5. Write the service file here
6. systemctl