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How to Run Shell Script as
Systemd in Linux
By Rahul — October 28, 2022 3 Mins Read
Systemd is a software application that provides an array of system components for
Linux operating systems. It is the first service to initialize the boot sequence. This
always runs with PID 1. This also helps us to manage system and application services
on our Linux operating system.
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We can also run any custom script as systemd service. It helps the script to start on
system boot. This can be helpful for you to run any script which required to run at boot
time only or to run always.
In our previous tutorial we have provides you instructions to run a Python script using
Systemd. This tutorial covers running a shell script as a Systemd service.
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Step 1 – Create a Shell Script
First of all, create a sample shell script, which needs to run at system startup. You can
also create a shell script to run always using an infinite while loop. The script will keep
running until the system goes down.
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Create a shell script as per requirements. For testing purposes, I am creating a sample
shell script as /usr/bin/script.sh.
$ sudo nano /usr/bin/script.sh
Added the following sample shell script code.
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#!/bin/bash
while true
do
// Your statements go here
sleep 10
done
Press CTRL+O and hit enter to save changes. Then press CTRL + x to quit from nano
editor.
Now, make the script executable:
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$ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/script.sh
To run a script once during system boot time doesn’t require any infinite loop. Instead
of the above script, you can use your shell script to run as a Systemd service.
Step 2 – Create a Systemd Unit File
Next, create a service unit file for the systemd on your system. This file must have
.service extension and saved under the under /lib/systemd/system/ directory
$ sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/shellscript.service
Now, add the following content and update the script filename and location. You can
also change the description of the service.
[Unit]
Description=My Shell Script
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/script.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save the file and close it.
Step 3 – Enable the New Service
Your system service has been added to your service. Let’s reload the systemctl
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daemon to read the new file. You need to reload this daemon each time after making
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any changes in .service file.
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Now enable the service to start on system boot, also start the service using the
following commands.
$ sudo systemctl enable shellscript.service
$ sudo systemctl start shellscript.service
Finally verify the script is up and running as a systemd service.
$ sudo systemctl status shellscript.service
The output looks like the below:
All done!
Conclusion
Congratulation, You have successfully configured a shell scriptHere
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startup. This can be helpful to run your custom scripts that are required to start at
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system boot. This tutorial helped you to configure a shell script as systemd service.
shell script systemd
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