Sample systemd file for running processes as daemons.

Edit and place this file in /lib/systemd/system/ and then configure some setting for your service to work:

1. Set permissions for the unit file:

sudo chmod 644 /lib/systemd/system/myservice.service

2. Configure systemd:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable myservice.service

Extra commands for maintaining systemd

start a service

sudo systemctl start application.service sudo systemctl start application

stop a service

sudo systemctl stop application.service

restart a service

sudo systemctl restart application.service

reload a service

sudo systemctl reload application.service

enable a service

sudo systemctl enable application.service

disable a service

sudo systemctl disable application.service

get the status log of a service

systemctl status application.service

Code and information taken from the following web sites:

https://www.codementor.io/@ufukafak/how-to-run-a-python-script-in-linux-with-systemd-1nh2x3hi0e https://code.luasoftware.com/tutorials/linux/auto-start-python-script-on-boot-systemd/ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/634410/start-python-script-at-startup