SFTP Drive - Running as a Service on Linux

Requirements: SFTP Drive

Introduction

The Linux edition of SFTP Drive can be configured to run as a background service, allowing drives to start automatically and operate continuously without manual intervention.

Getting Started

Running as service is designed simple, the following are the basic steps to configure:

Open a terminal and create a new service file in /etc/systemd/system/sftpdrive.service to define how the SFTP Drive service should run.

[Unit] Description=SFTP Drive service After=network.target   [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet /home/test/setup/sftpdrive-24.0/sftpdrive.dll start -c /home/test/setup/sftpdrive-24.0/sftpdrive_example.conf User=test Restart=always   [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload the Systemd to recognize the new service file.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload


Configure the service to start automatically whenever the system boots.

sudo systemctl enable sftpdrive.service

Restart the service to apply any configuration changes.

sudo systemctl restart sftpdrive.service

Confirm that the service is running using the following example.

sudo systemctl status sftpdrive.service