A systemD unit file for Hexo

Hexo is a simple, lightweight node blog framework. It didn’t include a SystemD Unit file, so I created one:

Hexo SystemD Unit File

/lib/system/systemd/hexo.service

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/[yourdirectory]/blog
ExecStart=/bin/hexo server -p80
Restart=always
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=hexo
User=root
Group=root
Environment=NODE_ENV=production

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Obviously, you’ll want to replace [yourdirectory] with the location of your Hexo blog.

Start Hexo

$ sudo systemctl start hexo

View status of Hexo

$ sudo systemctl status hexo
● hexo.service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/hexo.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2017-10-07 02:27:36 UTC; 7min ago
 Main PID: 8997 (hexo)
   CGroup: /system.slice/hexo.service
           └─8997 hexo

Oct 07 02:27:36 centos-2gb-nyc1-01 systemd[1]: Started hexo.service.
Oct 07 02:27:36 centos-2gb-nyc1-01 systemd[1]: Starting hexo.service...
Oct 07 02:27:38 centos-2gb-nyc1-01 hexo[8997]: INFO  Start processing
Oct 07 02:27:38 centos-2gb-nyc1-01 hexo[8997]: INFO  Hexo is running at http://localhost:80/. Press Ctrl+C to stop.

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