Deployment with Systemctl

Systemctl command is a command used to manage and control services. It allows you to enable, disable, view, start, stop, or restart system services.

Install beego application as a service

1. Pack your application using bee pack command. Copy the resultant .tar.gz file to target server.

2. Unpack

    mkdir -p /usr/local/beepkg && cd "$_"
    tar -xvzf *.tar.gz
    rm -rf *.tar.gz
   

3. Configure service parameters

    cat <<'EOF' > /etc/systemd/system/beepkg.service
    [Unit]
    Description=beepkg
    AssertPathExists=/usr/local/beepkg
   
    [Service]
    WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/beepkg
    ExecStart=/usr/local/beepkg/beepkg
   
    ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
    LimitNOFILE=65536
    Restart=always
    RestartSec=5
   
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    EOF
   

4. Install service

    chmod +x beepkg
    chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/beepkg.service
    systemctl daemon-reload
    systemctl enable beepkg
    systemctl start beepkg
    systemctl status beepkg