Node Systemd

This is an example project to run a Node application using Systemd. The goals of this project is to have:

• a running web server
• a systemd config
• a process that linger after user's logout

Instructions

To lauch a Node application using Systemd:

1. create a systemd folder: mkdir ~/.config/systemd/user
2. copy the service file: cp systemd/user/node-systemd.service ~/.config/systemd/user
3. lauch the service: systemctl --user start node-systemd
4. look at the service's log: journalctl --user-unit node-systemd

If everything went well you know have a running Node application! But, when you logout of the server the process will stop. To allow an user to lauch long running process: sudo loginctl enable-linger USER.

To ensure that your application is started with the server, you need to run: systemctl --user enable node-systemd.