[ac]

Could you, please, explain what .service files are and how they eliminate the need for bash scripts etc? Couldn't find anything in search results.

[praseodym]

systemd services, that replace traditional init.d scripts and provide watchdog options, daemonising, etc.

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.ser...

[yrro]

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html

[ZoF]

This site's down, 80/443 both closed.

[JdeBP]

Then read the Ubuntu doco.

* http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/en/man5/systemd.ser...

* http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/en/man5/systemd.uni...

* https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers

* http://askubuntu.com/questions/636899/

* http://askubuntu.com/a/613814/43344

[mdeeks]

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