Run as service on linux (systemd)

The following steps describe, how to set up habridge as a service on a linux system with systemd (for example debian).

1. create script

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/habridge.service

contents (in this example it is already installed on /home/myuser/habridge):

[Unit]
Description=HA Bridge

Wants=network.target
After=syslog.target network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/myuser/habridge
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar -Dconfig.file=/home/myuser/habridge/data/habridge.config -Dserver.port=80 /home/myuser/habridge/ha-bridge-5.1.0.jar
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

2. reload services

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

3. Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable habridge

4. Start the service

sudo systemctl start habridge

5. Check the status of your service

sudo systemctl status habridge