I have created a simple systemd service file for a custom application. The application works well when I run it manually, but my CPU gets maxed out when I run it with systemd.
I'm trying do track down where my problem is, but I don't know where to find the output (or how to configure systemd to put the output somewhere).
Here is my service file:
[Unit]Description=Syncs files with a server when they changeWants=network.targetAfter=network.target[Service]ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/filesync-client --port 2500WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/filesync-clientRestart=always[Install]WantedBy=multi-user.target
Throughout the application, I output to stdout and stderr.
How can I read the output of my daemon?
Edit:
I found man systemd.exec
, which mentioned the StandardOutput=
option, but I'm not sure how to use it. From the man page:
StandardOutput=
Controls where file descriptor 1 (STDOUT) of the executed processes is connected to. Takes one of inherit, null, tty, syslog, kmsg, kmsg+console, syslog+console or socket.
If set to inherit the file descriptor of standard input is duplicated for standard output. If set to null standard output will be connected to
/dev/null
, i.e. everything written to it will be lost. If set to tty standard output will be connected to a tty (as configured viaTTYPath=
, see below). If the TTY is used for output only the executed process will not become the controlling process of the terminal, and will not fail or wait for other processes to release the terminal. syslog connects standard output to the syslog(3) system logger. kmsg connects it with the kernel log buffer which is accessible via dmesg(1). syslog+console and kmsg+console work similarly but copy the output to the system console as well. socket connects standard output to a socket from socket activation, semantics are similar to the respective option ofStandardInput=
. This setting defaults to inherit.
Does this mean that these are my only options? I would like, for example, to put output in /dev/shm
or something. I suppose I could use a Unix domain socket and write a simple listener, but this seems a little unnecessary.
I just need this for debugging, and I'll probably end up removing most of the logs and change the output to syslog.