Create systemd service for Go binary

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Create file at /lib/systemd/system/mygoservice.service

[Unit]
Description=mygoservice
ConditionPathExists=$GOPATH/src/mygoservice/mygoservice
After=network.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
User=mygoservice
Group=mygoservice
LimitNOFILE=1024

Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
startLimitIntervalSec=60

WorkingDirectory=$GOPATH/src/mygoservice
ExecStart=$GOPATH/src/mygoservice/mygoservice --name=foo

# make sure log directory exists and owned by syslog
PermissionsStartOnly=true
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/mygoservice
ExecStartPre=/bin/chown syslog:adm /var/log/mygoservice
ExecStartPre=/bin/chmod 755 /var/log/mygoservice
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=mygoservice
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start service

sudo systemctl enable mygoservice.service
sudo systemctl start mygoservice
# check status
sudo journalctl -f -u mygoservice