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author: ~ben
published: true
title: daemonize with user units
description: a quick tutorial on creating and managing daemonized processes with systemd user units
category:
- main
---
so you've got a process that you want to keep running. you might have it in a
tmux or screen session. let's use systemd user units to manage it!
1. ensure that your user unit loadpath is set up:
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/
1. create a basic service. save something like this in
`~/.config/systemd/user/my-new-service.service` (using the name of the unit
you're creating)
[Unit]
Description=foo
[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "while true do; echo hi; done"
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
1. enable it
systemctl --user enable --now my-new-service.service
1. enable-linger for your user account
loginctl enable-linger
this allows your user units to run even when you're not logged in.
done!
you can now use `systemctl --user` to manage your daemonized process.
pro-tip: add `alias sysu='systemctl --user'` to your shell's configuration
for a handy shortcut (or any other alias as you choose)