[arch-general] systemd user unit files from custom directory

[Andre "Osku" Schmidt]

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 January 2016 at 12:48, Andre "Osku" Schmidt
> <andre.osku.schmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> thought i'd ask here first, in case it's a distro problem.
>>
>> was wondering if we can use systemd to start and stop a daemon for
>> testing purposes during development. meaning, i would like to not have
>> to "install" my daemon nor its systemd service file, and instead run
>> all from the working directory.
>>
>> from systemd.unit man page i got the impression that this example would work:
>>
>> ❱ tree $PWD
>> /data/projects/hmm
>> └── systemd
>>     └── user
>>         └── foobar.service
>>
>> ❱ cat systemd/user/foobar.service
>> [Unit]
>> Description=Foo Bar
>> [Service]
>> ExecStart=/usr/bin/sleep 42
>>
>> ❱ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$PWD systemctl --user start foobar
>> Failed to start foobar.service: Unit foobar.service failed to load: No
>> such file or directory.
>>
>> am i doing it wrong, or?
>
> the daemon reads and starts the service not systemctl.
> in recent versions of systemd you can symlink the service file from
> ouside ~/.config/systemd/ too
>
> ps.
> what exactly are you testing? there's also systemd-run
>
>
> --
> damjan

awesome,

didn't know about systemd-run, seems perfect for my use-case, thank
you for the tip!

Cheers
Andre Schmidt

ps. FWIW, during development of my daemon (a "webapp"/server) i want
to start the daemon, run (functional) tests, and stop the daemon, all
without needing to "install" anything.