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Creating systemd service
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Creating systemd service

Create Systemd Service File

sudo touch /etc/systemd/system/foo-daemon.service
sudo chmod 664 /etc/systemd/system/foo-daemon.service

Edit service file

vi /etc/systemd/system/foo-daemon.service

[Unit]
Description=Foo

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/foo-daemon

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload systemd

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Manage daemon

sudo systemctl start foo-daemon
sudo systemctl stop foo-daemon
sudo systemctl restart foo-daemon
systemctl status foo-daemon

Configure a service to start automatically on boot

sudo systemctl enable foo-daemon

Check the service logs

journalctl -u foo-daemon

More info

Visit the systemd.service and systemd.unit man pages.

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