View source for Create systemd service on Linux machine

This is a note on how to create a systemd service based on a c program. This was created after implementing the genisys echo detection program as a systemd service.

The first thing is to make a Unit file. An example is shown below.

[Unit]
Description=Detect genisys echo.
After=network.target
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/alex/Programs/echo_detection/echo_detection
WorkingDirectory=/
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
StandardOut=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=%n

Note this will redirect stdout to syslog so just make sure everything is ok.

Now put this file into /etc/systemd/system.
Run the command sudo systemctl daemon-reload.
Then enable and start the service.