Links Systemd service unit

handlers.config

make_cache=false
use_cache=false
cache_directory=$LINKSHOME/cache
prelude=$LINKSHOME/prelude.links
jslibdir=$LINKSHOME/lib/js
jsliburl=/lib/
database_args=:links:
database_driver=postgresql
port=10088
js_pretty_print=true
serialiser=Dump
enable_handlers=true

links.service

[Unit]
Description=Links webserver
Requires=postgresql.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=links
Group=links
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/links
ExecStart=/var/www/links/runlinks
Environment=LINKSHOME=/var/www/links

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

runlinks

#!/bin/bash
# usage: runlinks [debug] [application.links]
CONFIG="$LINKSHOME/handlers.config"
LINKSPATH="$LINKSHOME/examples:$LINKSHOME/examples/games:$LINKSHOME/examples/handlers"

PROG=$1
DEBUG=""
if [[ $1 = "debug" ]]; then
   DEBUG="-d"
   PROG=$2
fi

PROG=$(test -z $PROG && echo "$LINKSHOME/examples/webserver/examples-nodb.links" || echo "$PROG")
if [ ! -f $PROG ]; then
    echo "error: no such Links program '$PROG'."
    exit 1
fi


timestamp="$(date +'%R:%S%z%Z, %b %d, %Y')"
echo "Starting Links with parameters ($timestamp):"
printf "%4s  debug=%s\n" "" $(test -z $DEBUG && echo "false" || echo "true")
printf "%4s config=%s\n" "" $CONFIG
printf "%4s   path=%s\n" "" $LINKSPATH
printf "%4sprogram=%s\n\n" "" $PROG

$LINKSHOME/links --config=$CONFIG $DEBUG -m --path=$LINKSPATH $PROG

The systemd service unit links.service runs the Links startup script runlinks (from directory /var/www/links) as a unprivileged system user links.