systemd user service

systemd_user_service.sh

# first, allow user services to be started on boot
# you only need to do this once
sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER

# this must be set to "no" (the default)
grep KillUserProcesses /etc/systemd/logind.conf

# create your user service file
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

cat <<EOF > ~/.config/systemd/user/server-8337.service
[Unit]
Description=expose home directory with http

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=%h
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python -m http.server 8337

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
EOF

# start, check and verify the service
systemctl --user start server-8337.service
systemctl --user status server-8337.service
curl localhost:8337

# enable service to be run on boot
systemctl --user enable server-8337.service

# be sure to log out and try again (from the outside)