[Deployment] systemd Unit

When deploying your Kitto dashboards to a Linux systemd enabled machine you'll want to have a unit file to manage the Kitto application.

You can use the following as a sample to base yours:

[Unit]
Description=Kitto Server

[Service]
Type=simple
User=deployer
User=deployer
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/kitto
ExecStart=/usr/bin/elixir --no-halt --no-compile --no-deps-check --name [email protected] -S mix kitto.server
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/apps/kitto
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Place your unit file at /etc/systemd/system/kitto.service.

You should also place any env variables at /etc/default/kitto

Sample /etc/default/kitto:

MIX_ENV=prod
NODE_ENV=production

Enable it:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable kitto.service

Start the service using:

systemctl start kitto

Stop the service using:

systemctl stop kitto

Restart the service using:

systemctl restart kitto

You may then tail log of the running Kitto server using:

journalctl -u kitto -f