Introduction In this article, we will configure our Linux computer to autorun a script on boot. For the purpose of this article, we will be making use of services. systemd BTW, I use Arch Linux, so if there’s any difference using a different distro, do not hesitate to leave a comment, please. What is systemd? systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and a service manager that runs as PID and starts the rest of the system. systemd provides aggressive parallelization capabilities, uses sockets and D-Bus activation for starting services, keeps track of processes, etc. You can read more on systemd . here The main command used to introspect and control systemd is . systemctl Steps First, we will create a Bash script in ,  for instance /usr/local/sbin [notifyRemote.sh] , that would notify a remote machine once it’s booted. (http://notifyRemote.sh) We will make the file executable by running the command: sudo chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/notifyRemote.sh Create a called in to define a systemd service. You will need root access ( ) to make changes or create these files. Unit file startup.service /etc/systemd/system/ sudo We will make the file executable by running the command: sudo chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/startup.service In , we would paste the below into the file as such: /etc/systemd/system/startup.service [Unit]
Description=My Startup

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/notifyRemote.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi.user.target The is the most important key here because it points to the Bash program that will run when the service is started. ExecStart We can test the service by running to confirm that the script will run. sudo systemctl start startup.service Now to enable services to run on boot, we will run the command: sudo systemctl enable startup.service Conclusion Now, we should successfully create a script that runs automatically anytime we start our Linux machine. You can consult the for more information. systemd man page I hope you find this helpful. Please leave a like, comment, and share if you found this helpful, and also you can consider too. buying me a coffee Also published here: https://blog.zt4ff.dev/running-scripts-on-boot-in-linux-using-systemd

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