drawit/docs/SYSTEMD.md

SystemD

There are many ways to create a systemd compatible service file. This guide is tailored to be "production ready".

Guide

1. Create a new user named drawit: sudo useradd --system --create-home --shell /usr/sbin/nologin drawit
2. Create env directory: sudo mkdir -p /etc/drawit
3. Copy .env.example here: sudo cp .env.example /etc/drawit/drawit.env
4. Change directory to /opt: cd /opt
5. Follow instructions to clone the repo. Skip steps 4, 5, and 8.
6. Change permissions to drawit: sudo chown -R drawit:drawit /opt/drawit /etc/drawit
7. Create a new service file: sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/drawit.service
8. Paste in these contents:

[Unit]
Description=DrawIt
After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
Requires=nginx.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=drawit
Group=drawit
WorkingDirectory=/opt/drawit
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
Environment=PORT=3000
EnvironmentFile=/etc/drawit/drawit.env
ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm run start
RestartSec=5
KillSignal=SIGINT
TimeoutStopSec=30
SyslogIdentifier=drawit
TimeoutSec=30
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

9. If you want to use a different port, make sure to change it e.g. Environment=PORT=10000
10. OPTIONALLY reload system daemon: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
11. Enable and start the service: sudo systemctl enable --now drawit.service
12. Check the service for errors: sudo systemctl status drawit.service

You should now be running your very own DrawIt instance!

Additional reading

After you know it works!, you should set up a reverse proxy.