GoLang: Running a Go binary as a systemd service on Ubuntu 18.04 in 10 Minutes (without Docker)
The Go language with its simplicity, concurrency support, rich package ecosystem, and ability to compile down to a single binary is an attractive solution for writing services on Ubuntu.
When you want to deploy a dead-simple Go API and you don’t really have the urge to learn Docker and large scale deployment (although certainly a useful skill), you have come to the right tutorial.
We’re going to have a quick look at setting up running a golang web app on a Linux VPS without spending more than 10 minutes on it.
First Test your app
Let’a assume our goapp is install directory /home/lucian/myapp
First test your app by running it manually
go run .Create System Service file
Create a new file as root user vim /etc/systemd/system/appgo.service and paste below code
[Unit]
Description=MyApp Go Service
ConditionPathExists=/home/lucian/myapp
After=network.target[Service]
Type=simple
User=burn
Group=burnWorkingDirectory=/home/lucian/myapp
ExecStart=/usr/local/go/bin/go run .Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
