https://www.cemocom.de/tags/systemd/Recent content in Systemd on CeMoComHugoen-usTue, 15 Feb 2022 21:00:16 +0000https://www.cemocom.de/2022/02/15/running-ttn-prometheus-exporter-as-systemd-service/Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:00:16 +0000https://www.cemocom.de/2022/02/15/running-ttn-prometheus-exporter-as-systemd-service/<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>In previous posts we presented a Prometheus exporter to monitor for monitoring TheThingsNetwork gateways. The exporter can directly be executed in a terminal. However, to use it productively it should run in the background as a service. This article demonstrates how this can be achieved using the system and service manager systemd on Linux systems.</p> <h2 id="preparation">Preparation</h2> <p>The first step is to prepare the environment where the Prometheus exporter is installed. Throughout this article we will use the directory <code>/usr/local/bin/prometheus-ttn-exporter</code>. However, any other directory in the local file system is also possible.</p>