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systemd socket activation...saves on server resources by listening with a socket instead of a full blown process. Then when a request is made the server can spin up the actual service.

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On-demand SSH Socks proxy through systemd user units with socket-activation doesn't restart as wished

To reach an isolated network I use an ssh -D socks proxy. In order to avoid having to type the details every time I added them to ~/.ssh/config: $ awk '/Host socks-proxy/' RS= ~/.ssh/config Host socks-proxy Hostname pcit BatchMode yes …
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Deactivate a systemd service after idle time

I want a service to start on demand rather than on boot. To do that I could use systemd socket activation (with the service and socket files). But this is a resource limited server, so after some time (e.g. 1 hour) of inactivity, I want to stop the…
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systemd "socket activation" vs xinetd

I use xinetd and it works for my purposes. However I recently discovered that systemd has something built in called "socket activation". These two seem very similar, but systemd is "official" and seems like the better choice. However before using…
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How do I make systemd sockets close when service is stopped?

I'm currently trying to make a systemd service with two Fifo sockets. These sockets map to stdout and stdin of the application. I'm currently using the following configuration files. foo.service [Unit] Description=foo Fifo test After=network.target…
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Systemd socket activation: kill bash script when closing socket

Assuming a minimal example like in this question, except for another shell script. [email protected]: [Unit] Description=Foo Service After=network.target systemfoo.socket Requires=systemfoo.socket [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/bin/bash…
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How to configure systemd to turn a simple script with standardIO in a network service

I'm trying to setup a bash script as a network service listening on tcp port 6666. But service fail at startup with this errors : heartbeat]# systemctl status heartbeat.service ● heartbeat.service - Service de collecte des signaux de vie Loaded:…
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Systemd socket activation proxy?

I have systemd setup, and it runs: nginx.service on :80 wikiname.socket :8080 wikiname.service :9094 So here is what I do... I check if wikiname.service is running...and it is not. I start the wikiname.socket unit. I visit http://wikiserver:8080/…
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Systemd socket activation stdin

I have to tranfer a legacy xinetd config to systemd. The requirement is to open a tcp port and listen to incoming transmissions. An application transfers one file per connection simply by netcating it to the port. When a transmission is registered,…
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How to get different UID using Dynamic Users with socket activation?

I'm following the Dynamic Users with systemd post and creating the waldo.socket and waldo.service. Here is my waldo.socket. [Socket] ListenStream=2048 Accept=yes And the corresponding [email protected] [Service] ExecStart=-sleep…
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Can systemd be used as an inetd/xinetd replacement without being an init?

Can systemd be configured (in runtime or compile time) to serve as a simple process supervisor, not as /sbin/init? If yes, are there tutorials and other documentation to follow to make customized non-init-systemd setups? If no, what other thing…
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How to specify the service template name when using socket activation with Accept=yes

I have multiple .socket files, they listen with Accept=yes. They should all use the same service template to process connections. By default systemd looks for a service template with the same name as the socket, but as I have multiple socket files I…
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podman Error: wrong number of file descriptors for socket activation protocol (2 != 1)

I'm encountering what seems like a bug with the socket activation mechanism for podman, though I'm not sure if the issue is podman or systemd. I created an alternative managed socket unit for the podman service in order to expose the standard…
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How to Activate a Mount of a Remote Share When Its Machine Connects?

How can one activate a mount of a remote SMB share when the remote machine connects? This is more about discerning a local event triggered by the connection of a particular remote machine, than it is about the action taken on that event. What can…
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How to restrict the access/activation times for a service/socket with systemd?

I have a simple systemd service that is activated by system socket. It's as simple as that (a little simplified): $ systemctl cat example.socket # /usr/lib/systemd/system/example.socket [Unit] Description=Example Server…
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Systemd socket-based-activation service fails due to "start request repeated too quickly"

I have the following units: test_socket_activation.socket [Unit] Description="************** MY TEST SOCKET…
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