Skeleton service file for SystemD (/etc/systemd/system/filename.service)

springbootapp.service

[Unit]
Description=Spring Boot My Application JVM
After=syslog.target
 
[Service]
User=myappuser
# send to /dev/null so that syslog doesn't get flooded
Environment='STDOUT=/dev/null'
# logback if any on stderr can be sent here; ensure myappuser has access
Environment='STDERR=/some/path/myapp/logs/stderr.log'
# ensure that you've logging.path defined in your config file springboot looks at
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/some/path/myapp.jar  > ${STDOUT} 2> ${STDERR}"
SuccessExitStatus=143 
 
[Install] 
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=myapp.service