Resources

• Understanding Systemd Units and Unit Files
• Digital Ocean Systemd guide
• Running go binary as systemd service

Running this chess engine as a systemd service on Ubuntu

1. Build the executable

   $ go build -o glee cmd/glee/main.go
   

2. Move the binary to a folder in your path, e.g.

   $ sudo cp glee /usr/local/bin/
   

3. Update glee.service ConditionPathExists, User, Group, WorkingDirectory, and ExecStart as needed.
4. Move glee.service to /lib/systemd/system/glee.service

   $ sudo cp config/systemctl/glee.service /lib/systemd/system/
   

5. Update the file permissions

   $ sudo chmod 755 /lib/systemd/system/glee.service
   

6. Start the service

   $ sudo systemctl glee start
   $ // if this fails with 'unknown operation' try `sudo systemctl start glee`
   

7. Monitor the service ouput

   $ journalctl -f -u glee
   

8. Enable the service to start at boot

   $ sudo systemctl enable glee