Systemd

Install ZincObserve as a system service use systemd.

Create env file

/etc/zincobserve.env

ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL = "root@example.com"
ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD = "Complexpass#123"
ZO_DATA_DIR = "/data/zincobserve"

Create systemd service file

/usr/lib/systemd/system/zincobserve.service

[Unit]
Description=The ZincObserve server
After=syslog.target network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
LimitNOFILE=65535
EnvironmentFile=/etc/zincobserve.env
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/zincobserve
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Tips:

EnvironmentFile and ExecStart should be the config file and zincobserve binary path.

Enable service

After create env file and service file, you can reload systemed and enable ZincObserve service:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable zincobserve

Then, you can use systemctl control ZincObserve as a system service.

Start ZincObserve

systemctl start zincobserve

Stop ZincObserve

systemctl stop zincobserve

Status of ZincObserve

systemctl status zincobserve

Test service

curl -v http://localhost:5080/healthz

You will see:

{"status":"ok"}