From 08c181760f53990bcfa6593fe1a00c2af271ea14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: morph027 <stefan.heitmueller@gmx.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 15:37:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add systemd to docs

---
 README.md                           | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 dist/init/systemd/signaling.service | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 dist/init/systemd/signaling.service

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a38fa6c..e16ee07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,35 @@ directory, but a different path can be passed through the `--config` option.
 
     $ ./bin/signaling --config /etc/signaling/server.conf
 
+### Running as daemon
+
+#### systemd
+
+Create a dedicated user:
+
+```bash
+sudo useradd --system \
+    --gid signaling \
+    --shell /usr/sbin/nologin \
+    --comment "Standalone signaling server for Nextcloud Talk." \
+    signaling
+```
+
+Copy `server.conf.in` to `/etc/signaling/server.conf` and fix permissions:
+
+```bash
+sudo chmod 600 /etc/signaling/server.conf
+sudo chown signaling: /etc/signaling/server.conf
+```
+
+Copy `dist/init/systemd/signaling.service` to `/etc/systemd/system/signaling.service` (adjust abs. path in `ExecStart` to match your binary location!)
+
+Enable and start service:
+
+```bash
+systemctl enable signaling.service
+systemctl start signaling.service
+```
 
 ## Setup of NATS server
 
diff --git a/dist/init/systemd/signaling.service b/dist/init/systemd/signaling.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1b6517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/init/systemd/signaling.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Nextcloud Talk signaling server
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/signaling --config /etc/signaling/server.conf
+User=signaling
+Group=signaling
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target