transfer/docs/deployment-systemd.md

Deployment as Systemd service

You can also install PsiTransfer as (Linux) system service. Most distributions use Systemd as main init system. You should not run PsiTransfer with root privileges!

Preparation

# Create a target folder for PsiTransfer
mkdir -p /opt/psitransfer
cd /opt/psitransfer

# Download and extract a prebuild
curl -sL https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/releases/download/1.1.0-beta/psitransfer-1.1.0-beta.tar.gz | tar xz --strip 1

# Install dependencies
npm install --production

# Add a user psitransfer
sudo useradd --system psitransfer
 
# Make psitransfer owner of /opt/psitransfer
sudo chown -R psitransfer:psitransfer /opt/psitransfer 

Systemd unit file

Grab the psitransfer.service sample file, put it in /etc/systemd/system/ and adjust to your needs.

cd /etc/systemd/system
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer/master/docs/psitransfer.service

# Start the service
sudo systemctl start psitransfer

# Show the status
sudo systemctl status psitransfer

# Enable autostart on boot
sudo systemctl enable psitransfer