Simple systemd unit for running a django app

commands

# start / stop / restart / status
systemctl start test
systemctl stop test
systemctl restart test
systemctl status test

# logs use journalctl: 

# tail the logs for unit `django`
journalctl -f -u django

django.service

[Unit]
Description=Unit for starting a basic Django app 

[Service]
Restart=on-failure
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/hello
ExecStart=/srv/env/bin/gunicorn hello.wsgi -b 0.0.0.0:8000

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

@clbarnes, it seems that you can use both: After and Requires (see this answer; see also this question). I will be trying to achieve something similar in terms of the order of starting the services with systemd. I will let you know about the outcome.

Normally, I'd use a docker-compose (and dockerization in general) to achieve services dependency (which I highly recommend, if you don't have any restrictions it), but currently I am struggling with an embedded system (Raspbian), and the docker doesn't seem to work in the setup I have, thus I returned to the good ol' systemd.

Generally about the gist, for convenience I'd mention where the systemd files are stored:

vim /etc/systemd/system/django.service

maybe in the comment at the beginning of the file?

# vim /etc/systemd/system/django.service

[Unit]
Description=Unit for starting a basic Django app 

[Service]
Restart=on-failure
...

See also my blog post.