Simple way to create a systemd service with a blocking command / published by https://github.com/dacr/code-examples-manager #ced76171-53bc-4d99-bc22-9b36a3bc0657/e5002527399dcc0de774841e89e6c61aeb4d6065

simple.service

## summary : Simple way to create a systemd service with a blocking command
## keywords : systemd, simple, service
## publish : gist
## authors : David Crosson
## license : none
## id : ced76171-53bc-4d99-bc22-9b36a3bc0657
## created-on : 2020-07-18T13:24:58Z
## managed-by : https://github.com/dacr/code-examples-manager

# - Place the file into `/etc/systemd/system/` directory
# - Requires this instruction for any changes to be take into account by systemd
#   - `systemctl daemon-reload`
# - `systemctl enable SomeService`
# - `systemctl start SomeService`


[Unit]
Description=SomeService
After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/somewhere
ExecStart=/somewhere/bin/someBlockingCommand
Environment=VAR1=VAL1
Environment=VAR2=VAL2
Restart=on-failure
LimitNOFILE=10000
User=auser
Group=users

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target