systemd Service Management
systemd service unit file patterns covering service creation, hardening, sandboxing, resource limits, and production best practices.
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Version
- v1.0.0
- Confidence
- established
- Last updated
Quick Reference
systemd: Unit files in /etc/systemd/system/. Use Type=notify for apps with sd_notify. Hardening: PrivateTmp, ProtectSystem=strict, NoNewPrivileges, CapabilityBoundingSet. Run systemd-analyze security to audit. Restart=on-failure with limits. User=nonroot. ReadWritePaths for specific access.
Use When
- Linux server administration
- Service deployment
- Production hardening
- Process management
Skip When
- Non-Linux systems
- Container-only deployments
- macOS/Windows
systemd Service Management
systemd service unit file patterns covering service creation, hardening, sandboxing, resource limits, and production best practices.