Make service for an executable program ubuntu

[greedharry.varoon]

Hello,
i got an executable program in the /usr/sbin directory. I want to facilitate the start process by making it into service to start, stop or restart. ps still beginner.

Thanks, Varoon

[Sibert]

@greedharry.varoon

i got an executable program in the /usr/sbin directory. I want to facilitate the start process by making it into service to start, stop or restart. ps still beginner

Depends on your OS. Ubuntu you can use systemd.

[liam.stojanovic]

Linode has a good tutorial on creating systemd services. I’ve done this in the past to autostart a nodejs server on boot.

Your unit file will look something like this (at the bare minimum)…

[Unit]
Description=Example systemd service.

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/sbin/myBinary

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

There are a bunch of directives you can add to your .service file, which you can find here. Good luck!