some systemd scripts for automating redundant tasks

Author: shanur-marsplay

ssh-configs/ssh-config

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# whatever name you want to ssh it from your local machine
+# whatever name you want to ssh it from your local machine, can be anything call it foo
 Host prod.backend.marsplay
 
 # use the ip address of the remote server, using dns in this case

systemd/marsplay.service

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+# service file for autostarting your docker builds on system reboot
+# I wrote this file so that in case of server crashes anyone can simply reboot the system and get the system running again
+# I paired this up with aws system checks, In case of failed system check I applied the restart policy. So your system never goes
+# out for more than 2 minutes even in case of seve crashes. 
+
+# /etc/systemd/system/docker-compose-app.service
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Docker Compose Application Service
+Requires=docker.service     # This will start docker service, equivalent of calling sudo service start docker, yes it runs on root priviledges
+After=docker.service        # once the docker service has started we run the remaining
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=/home/ec2-user/marsplay-api/docker/prod    #The location of docker-compose file
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose up                  #start script, 
+ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/docker-compose down                 #before system shutdown
+TimeoutStartSec=0
+Restart=on-failure                                          #restart policy in case it was shutdown
+StartLimitIntervalSec=60
+StartLimitBurst=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target