Configuring Linux Services Using systemd

gistfile1.txt

Step 1: create a file named "myservice.service" in /etc/systemd/system 

Step 2: Copy the below code to the file. Replace the path/to/my/script with yours.
[Unit]
Description=My Service
After=network.target
# Mention the required service after which our myservice needs to start
After=mysql.service
Requires=mysql.service

[Service]
User=www-data
Group=www-data
ExecStart=/usr/bin/php path/to/my/script
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Step 3: To reflect the changes run the below command
systemctl daemon-reload

Step 4: Use the below commands to Start, restart and stop our service
systemctl start myservice
systemctl restart myservice
systemctl stop myservice