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date: "2017-07-21T12:00:00+02:00"
title: "Run as service in Linux"
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### Run Gitea as Linux service
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You can run Gitea as service, using either systemd or supervisor. The steps below tested on Ubuntu 16.04, but those should work on any Linux distributions (with little modification).
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#### Using systemd
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Copy the sample [gitea.service ](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/contrib/systemd/gitea.service ) to `/etc/systemd/system/gitea.service` , then edit the file with your favorite editor.
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Uncomment any service that needs to be enabled on this host, such as MySQL.
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Change the user, home directory, and other required startup values. Change the
PORT or remove the -p flag if default port is used.
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Enable and start Gitea at boot:
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```
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sudo systemctl enable gitea
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sudo systemctl start gitea
```
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If you have systemd version 220 or later, you can enable and immediately start Gitea at once by:
```
sudo systemctl enable gitea --now
```
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#### Using supervisor
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Install supervisor by running below command in terminal:
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```
sudo apt install supervisor
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```
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Create a log dir for the supervisor logs:
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```
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# assuming Gitea is installed in /home/git/gitea/
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mkdir /home/git/gitea/log/supervisor
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```
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Append the configuration from the sample
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[supervisord config ](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/contrib/supervisor/gitea ) to `/etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf` .
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Using your favorite editor, change the user (git) and home
(/home/git) settings to match the deployment environment. Change the PORT
or remove the -p flag if default port is used.
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Lastly enable and start supervisor at boot:
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```
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sudo systemctl enable supervisor
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sudo systemctl start supervisor
```
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If you have systemd version 220 or later, you can enable and immediately start supervisor by:
```
sudo systemctl enable supervisor --now
```
