Systemd Service

Template

• systemd service to run docker-compose

[Unit]
Description=My Systemd Services
Requires=docker.service network-online.target
After=docker.service network-online.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=<directory of docker-compose>
ExecStartPre=/bin/bash <any pre start script>
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down
Restart=always
RestartSec=60

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable systemd service

• You can create a file by using the template above accordingly, let say named myssytemd.service

• Copy the service into /etc/systemd/system and enable it

• After it is enabled and is started, the service would be running automatically even after the system reboots.

$ sudo cp myssytemd.service /etc/systemd/system
$ sudo systemctl enable myssytemd.service

Start systemd service

$ sudo systemctl start myssytemd.service

Stop systemd service

$ sudo systemctl stop myssytemd.service

Disable systemd service

$ sudo systemctl disable myssytemd.service

Check log of systemd service

$ sudo journalctl -u myssytemd.service -f