Runbook: systemd

Duration: ~10 minutes
Role: Linux Administrator
Prerequisite: root/sudo, .NET 8 Runtime

Run Data Gateway as systemd service on Linux.


Workflow

flowchart TD A[Start] --> B[Install Gateway] B --> C[Create service unit] C --> D[systemctl enable] D --> E[systemctl start] E --> F[Health Check] F --> G{OK?} G -->|Yes| H[Done] G -->|No| I[Check journalctl] style H fill:#e8f5e9 style I fill:#ffebee


1. Install Gateway

# Create directory
sudo mkdir -p /opt/data-gateway
sudo chown $USER:$USER /opt/data-gateway
 
# Copy files
cp -r ./publish/* /opt/data-gateway/
 
# Make executable
chmod +x /opt/data-gateway/WvdS.WebAPI.Data.Gateway.Api
 
# Adjust configuration
sudo nano /opt/data-gateway/appsettings.json

2. Create User

# Dedicated service user
sudo useradd --system --no-create-home --shell /sbin/nologin datagateway
 
# Set permissions
sudo chown -R datagateway:datagateway /opt/data-gateway

3. Create systemd Unit

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/data-gateway.service

Content:

[Unit]
Description=WvdS Data Gateway
Documentation=https://wiki.example.com/data-gateway
After=network.target
 
[Service]
Type=notify
User=datagateway
Group=datagateway
WorkingDirectory=/opt/data-gateway
ExecStart=/opt/data-gateway/WvdS.WebAPI.Data.Gateway.Api
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
KillSignal=SIGINT
SyslogIdentifier=data-gateway
Environment=ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
Environment=DOTNET_PRINT_TELEMETRY_MESSAGE=false
 
# Security
NoNewPrivileges=true
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=true
PrivateTmp=true
ReadWritePaths=/opt/data-gateway/logs
ReadWritePaths=/opt/data-gateway/data
 
# Limits
LimitNOFILE=65536
TimeoutStopSec=30
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

4. Enable Service

# Reload systemd
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 
# Enable auto-start
sudo systemctl enable data-gateway
 
# Start service
sudo systemctl start data-gateway
 
# Check status
sudo systemctl status data-gateway

5. Health Check

# Wait until ready
sleep 5
 
# Health Check
curl -s http://localhost:5000/health
# Expected response: "Healthy"
 
# API test
curl -s http://localhost:5000/api/v1/dsn/demo/tables | head

6. Show Logs

# Recent logs
sudo journalctl -u data-gateway -n 50 --no-pager
 
# Live tail
sudo journalctl -u data-gateway -f
 
# Since today
sudo journalctl -u data-gateway --since today
 
# Errors only
sudo journalctl -u data-gateway -p err

7. Checklist

# Check Done
——-——
1 .NET 8 installed [ ]
2 Gateway in /opt/data-gateway [ ]
3 Service user created [ ]
4 Unit file created [ ]
5 Service enabled [ ]
6 Service started [ ]
7 Health Check OK [ ]

Service Commands

Command Description
———————-
systemctl start data-gateway Start
systemctl stop data-gateway Stop
systemctl restart data-gateway Restart
systemctl status data-gateway Status
systemctl enable data-gateway Auto-start on
systemctl disable data-gateway Auto-start off

Troubleshooting

Problem Cause Solution
—————-———-
code=exited, status=203 Wrong path Check ExecStart
code=exited, status=1 Config error Check journalctl
Permission denied Wrong permissions Check chown
Address already in use Port in use Different port or kill process

Detailed error analysis:

# Test executable directly
sudo -u datagateway /opt/data-gateway/WvdS.WebAPI.Data.Gateway.Api
 
# SELinux issues (RHEL/CentOS)
sudo ausearch -m avc -ts recent
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

Change Port

In appsettings.json:

{
  "Kestrel": {
    "Endpoints": {
      "Http": {
        "Url": "http://0.0.0.0:8080"
      }
    }
  }
}

Open firewall:

# firewalld (RHEL/CentOS)
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
 
# ufw (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo ufw allow 8080/tcp

Remove Service

# Stop and disable
sudo systemctl stop data-gateway
sudo systemctl disable data-gateway
 
# Remove unit file
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/data-gateway.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 
# Remove files (optional)
sudo rm -rf /opt/data-gateway
sudo userdel datagateway


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Wolfgang van der Stille @ EMSR DATA d.o.o. - Data Gateway Professional

Zuletzt geändert: on 2026/01/29 at 11:34 PM