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Setup systemd unit

it is prudent to make sure none of the existing systemd unit files have the name we want to give our new service.

systemctl list-units --type=service

create our unit file.

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/<service name>.service

paste text into the editor accoring to the needs
give the owner read and write permissions, and read permissions to the group. Others will have no permissions.

sudo chmod 640 /etc/systemd/system/<service name>.service

check the syntax of our unit file for us, even if the service isn't running yet

systemctl status <service name>.service

When you add a new unit file or edit an existing one, you must tell systemd to reload the unit file definitions.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

If you want a service to be launched at startup you must enable it:

sudo systemctl enable <service name>

Enabling a service doesn't start it, it only sets it to be launched at boot time. To start the service now, you must use systemctl with the start option.

sudo systemctl start <service name>

verify that our service is running correctly.

sudo systemctl status <service name>.service