Create Custom Ubuntu Service

*Tags: #ubuntu #bash *

How to setup an executable as a service in Ubuntu.

Instruction

Create a service file:

# nano /etc/systemd/system/service-name.service

With the following content:

[Unit]
Description=Service Name
[Service]
User=root
#change this to your workspace
WorkingDirectory=/root/service_folder
ExecStart=/root/service_folder/service-exec --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8080
SuccessExitStatus=143
TimeoutStopSec=10
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

And reload the daemon, enable the service:

# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl enable service-name.service
# systemctl start service-name.service

The following actions can be performed to start/restart/stop service:

# systemctl start service-name.service
# systemctl restart service-name.service
# systemctl stop service-name.service