2 Systemd

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Table of Contents

• System user
• Service configuration
• Manage

Run nexy as systemd service.

System user

1. useradd -m nexy - create new system user with its home directory
2. passwd nexy - provide strong password
3. su nexy - login as nexy
4. cd - navigate to the home folder
5. mkdir /home/nexy/public - create location for the public fies

Service configuration

Create new file /etc/systemd/system/nexy.service with following settings:

[Unit]
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=nexy
Group=nexy
ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/nexy -p /home/nexy/public -b 0.0.0.0:1900
StandardOutput=file:/home/nexy/debug.log
StandardError=file:/home/nexy/error.log

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

• replace 0.0.0.0:1900 with your address, use [300:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::1]:1900 notation for IPv6
• bind (-b) as many interfaces as desired
• to disable errors output, set StandardError as null

Manage

• sudo systemctl daemon-reload - apply new configuration
• sudo systemctl enable nexy - autostart on system startup
• sudo systemctl restart nexy - start the service