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2020-06-21 Systemd

Create A Systemd Script For Mailcatcher

How to create a systemd script to auto-start mailcatcher#

A lot of this stuff needs to be done as root so you might as well log in as root with sudo su -

  1. go to: /lib/systemd/system. This is where systemd scripts usually are placed.

  2. Create the service: vim mailcatcher.service

  3. Put the following contents in there:

    [Unit]
Description=Mailcatcher Service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/mailcatcher
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  4. Enable the mailcatcher service and automatically create the symlink to

    enable mailcatcher.service

  5. To enable boot time start you need to symlink it to /etc/systemd/system with:

    ln -s /lib/systemd/mailcatcher.service /etc/systemd/system/mailcatcher.service

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