GoLang - Listen on Unix Socket

go-listen-unix-socket.go

var bindTo = "/tmp/test.sock"

// check if socket file exists and remove it
if _, err := os.Stat(bindTo); err == nil {
  if err := os.Remove(bindTo); err != nil {
    globalLogger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to remove existing socket-file")
  }
}

// listen on socket-file
l, err = net.Listen("unix", bindTo)
if err != nil {
  globalLogger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed opening socket-file")
}

// allow other processes to read/write to it
if err := os.Chmod(bindTo, 0777); err != nil {
  globalLogger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed update permissions on socket-file")
}