From 469a4e34445545917c5cdb8eab2aff8c2c2dec2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vedran Pavic Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:58:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve systemd service documentation Closes gh-6954 --- spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc index 834147ef3f..2c2f060d4e 100644 --- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc @@ -548,9 +548,12 @@ the following example and place it in `/etc/systemd/system` directory: TIP: Remember to change the `Description`, `User` and `ExecStart` fields for your application. +TIP: Note that `ExecStart` field does not declare the script action command, which means +that `run` command is used by default. + Note that unlike when running as an `init.d` service, user that runs the application, PID -file and console log file behave differently under `systemd` and must be configured using -appropriate fields in '`service`' script. Consult the +file and console log file are managed by `systemd` itself and therefore must be configured +using appropriate fields in '`service`' script. Consult the http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html[service unit configuration man page] for more details.