03_create_service_file.md

There are two ways I find easiest to create service files.

Method One

Whenever you see gaia or gaiad used make sure to replace with whatever node you are installing.

sudo touch /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service

Copy and paste the example.service file from this repo. Double the check to location of your node binary on the ExecStart line. Fill in as needed. An example:

Description=Gaia daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=gaia
ExecStart=/home/gaia/go/bin/gaiad start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Method Two

Create the file within CLI

cat <<EOF >> /etc/systemd/system/{daemon}.service
[Unit]
Description=Gaia daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/home/gaia/go/bin/gaiad start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable the Service

Be sure to enable your service file so it starts when your server boots.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable gaiad

You are now ready to configure your node