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systemd-unit for xmrig
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xmrig.service
[Unit]
Description=XMRig Daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
GuessMainPID=no
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/xmrig -c /home/miner/config/config.json -l /home/miner/xmrig.log -B
Restart=always
User=miner
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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88plug commented Aug 29, 2021 •
edited

My version with root access for randomx 1gb pages and custom json based on hostname

[Unit]
Description=XMRig Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c "/bin/systemctl set-environment HOSTNAME=$(hostname)"
ExecStart=/home/user/moneroocean/xmrig --config=/home/user/moneroocean/${HOSTNAME}.json
Restart=always
User=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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erik9u2 commented Jan 14, 2022

Would it be wrong to use Type=simple here?

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xmrjoe2 commented Sep 12, 2023

Would it be wrong to use Type=simple here?

Indeed, I could not get it to work as Type=forking (It would hang indefinitely if I did "systemctl start xmrig.service"). It had to be Type=simple, then it was fine.

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