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systemd configuration ​

To manage starting, logging, etc. of Gotify, systemd can be used.

NOTE

This is only a minimal example and does not provide the most secure or "best" way to run Gotify. Please adjust the config to your needs.

Installation ​

For this example, Gotify is installed by root in /opt/gotify/ and the executable in there is called gotify. The config file is /etc/gotify/config.yml, using relative paths as in the example config, and the service runs as root. Create a file /opt/gotify/gotify.service as root containing:

desktop
[Unit]
Description=Gotify
Requires=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/gotify
ExecStart=/opt/gotify/gotify
StandardOutput=append:/var/log/gotify/gotify.log
StandardError=append:/var/log/gotify/gotify-error.log
Restart=always
RestartSec=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then the following commands enable systemd to start Gotify at boot:

bash
sudo mkdir /var/log/gotify
sudo chmod -R go-rw /opt/gotify /etc/gotify/config.yml /var/log/gotify
sudo ln -s /opt/gotify/gotify.service /etc/systemd/system/gotify.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable gotify

Start ​

Gotify can then be started manually with:

bash
sudo systemctl start gotify
sudo systemctl status gotify
sudo tail /var/log/gotify/gotify.log