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Running the app in the background as a systemd service

If you're using any Linux server, you can follow this guide to run the application as a systemd service.

Setup steps

[!WARN] Before running the application, make sure you're using a supported Node.js version (see nvm-setup.md).

Make a new service called discordbot.service in the /etc/systemd/system folder based on THIS example file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/discordbot.sevice

Edit the relevant lines in the file (you can leave the rest as-is), then save the changes:

Tip

You can find out your node path with which node command.

...
Environment="PATH=/home/your-user/.nvm/versions/node/v24.8.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
...
User=your-user
Group=your-group
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/the/projects/folder
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /path/to/the/projects/folder/temp
ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod -R 777 /path/to/the/projects/folder/temp
...

Reload systemd:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Start the service:

sudo systemctl start discordbot.service

(Optional) Enable the service to start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable discordbot.service

Management, monitoring

You can check the app's status with:

sudo systemctl status discordbot.service

You can check the app's error logs with:

sudo journalctl -u discordbot.service

You can stop the service with:

sudo systemctl stop discordbot.service

You can disable (stop starting on boot) the service with:

sudo systemctl disable discordbot.service