Question
Problem with a Golang webapp and system service
- Posted on September 29, 2022
- DigitalOceanGoNginxSystem ToolsUNIX/Linux
Asked by Edmund Rotimi
Hi, I am trying to create a Golang server using the gin framework on ubuntu. It works fine when it is executed in the terminal after building it with go build and equally works well locally.
Systemd Description=goapp
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=5s
ExecStart=/home/.../goapp/main
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
I got this error
goapp.service - rediate
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/goapp.service; disabled;
vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu
2022-09-29 08:14:10 UTC; 66ms ago
Process: 21628
ExecStart=/home/.../go/goapp/main (code=exited, status=2)
Main PID: 21628 (code=exited, status=2)
CPU: 9ms
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Hi there,
If you run
go run .inside/home/.../goapp/does it work as expected?If this works, what I could suggest is updating the unit file to:
If this still fails, you should be able to see some output in the syslog. Feel free to share the errors here so I could try to advise you further!
Best,
Bobby