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Sample systemd service file and how to setup systemd
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Sample systemd service file and how to setup systemd

[Unit]
Description=The NGINX HTTP and reverse proxy server
After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target

[Service]
PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID
User=$USER
PrivateTmp=true
Type=notify
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
RequiredBy=network.target
  1. Copy the sample.service file to /etc/systemd/system/
  2. Run sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  3. Run sudo systemctl enable sample.service
  4. Run sudo systemctl is-enabled sample.service to check if the service file is enabled or not

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