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    Create a service

/etc/systemd/system/pyfilebrowser.service

Contents
[Unit]
Description=PyFilebrowser Service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/vicky/pyfilebrowser
ExecStart=/home/vicky/pyfilebrowser/venv/bin/python /home/vicky/pyfilebrowser/temp.py
User=vicky
Group=vicky
Environment="PATH=/home/vicky/pyfilebrowser/venv/bin:$PATH"
StandardOutput=append:/var/log/pyfilebrowser/output.log
StandardError=append:/var/log/pyfilebrowser/error.log

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

User and Group are not required if the permissions to the files are changed to www-data

Since that involves changing permissions even for modules within venv, it is simpler to run as user


Enable Service

sudo systemctl enable pyfilebrowser.service
Reload Daemon

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Start Service

sudo systemctl start pyfilebrowser.service
[OR]
sudo service pyfilebrowser start
Service Status

sudo systemctl status pyfilebrowser.service
[OR]
sudo service pyfilebrowser status
Service Stop

sudo systemctl stop pyfilebrowser.service
[OR]
sudo service pyfilebrowser stop
Service Logs

journalctl -u pyfilebrowser.service