gaiad.system

[Unit]
Description=gaiad
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ubuntu
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/go/bin/gaiad start
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

gaiad_systemd_install.md

# First take the gaiad.system file above and paste the contents into the below file
nano /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.system

# Then reload systemd
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

# Now you cand use the systemd suite to administer gaiad
sudo systemctl start|stop|restart
journalctl -u gaiad -f 

thanks, this was helpful. Only thing is that the filename needed to be /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service instead of .system