I created this script:
[Unit]
Description=test
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/someuser
ExecStart=/somescript.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=autodeploy
Environment=NODE_ENV=production PORT=1494
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
But when I'm running it, it says:
Process: 8986 ExecStart=/somescript.sh (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
I understood that this message means the script won't found…
Why Working Directory not working for me?
Thanks.
Best Answer
The systemd
WorkingDirectory=
setting defines on which directory the service will be launched, same as when you usecd
to change a directory when you're working in the shell.That doesn't mean that all the other paths (including that from
ExecStart=
) will now be relative to it, so you still need to fully specify the path to your script in that directive:Perhaps you were thinking of the
RootDirectory=
directive instead? That directory uses thechroot
command to switch the root of the filesystem seen by the process by the directory you specify, so from your use of/
for the location of the script, that looks like maybe what you wanted... However, usingRootDirectory=
requires that you have a system image, with binaries and libraries under it. Like, you need to have a/bin/sh
to run your shell script, and a/lib
with a libc, etc. Typically you can't just useRootDirectory=
to just about any directory that you like...So my advice here in order to fix the issue you're seeing is to just update the
ExecStart=
to list the full path to your script.