Run services reliably with systemd: units, dependencies, and resource limits.
Systemd is the standard for service management on most Linux distros. Use it for reliability and observability.
[Unit]
Description=My App
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=exec
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/myapp
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
User=app
LimitNOFILE=65536
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Systemd gives you a consistent way to run and debug services across environments.
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