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How to create a systemd service for python script with virtualenv
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[Unit]
Description=Some description
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/somedir
Environment=PYTHONPATH=/home/user/somedir
ExecStart=/home/user/venv/bin/python script.py
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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@andreabenini I don't do it, I just pointed out that it's not valid syntax (Environment= is missing). In my case, systemd didn't complain about that variable, but using it changed nothing. PATH was also not a problem.

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annahri commented Feb 7, 2024

Systemd won't expand variables mentioned in Environment=

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