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authorJulio Capote <6135+capotej@users.noreply.github.com>2024-08-19 02:21:37 +0000
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Recently, I've started using `systemd` order to manage personal services on my s
Before that, I had either set up system-wide unit files or, for more ad-hoc services, started the process inside of a `screen` session, then detaching, hoping the process didn't crash overnight.
-Using `systemd` instead is way better, since you get stuff like `journalctl` to view logs and `RestartAlways` keep things running. Also, all configuration lives in `$HOME` making it easy to edit and back up.
+Using `systemd` instead is way better, since you get stuff like `journalctl` to view logs and `RestartAlways` keep things running after random crashes. Plus, all configuration lives in `$HOME` making it easy to edit and back up.
In this post, I will show you how to set this up on any modern Debian-based system (or any distro that uses `systemd`, really).
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ ExecStart=racket hello-world-server.rkt
WantedBy=default.target
```
+## Reload unit files
+Just like system-wide `systemd`, if you edit or create new unit files for your user, you'll need to reload your copy of `systemd` by running `systemctl daemon-reload`, like so:
+
+ $ systemctl --user daemon-reload
+
### Start service on boot
This starts `example` as soon as your copy `systemd` is launched (which should be at boot, since we enabled lingering):