Run as a Service on Debian-Based Distributions

Using systemd

Warning

Make sure you have followed the instructions in install from binary first.

To create a new service, paste this content into /etc/systemd/system/geoip-updater.service:

[Unit]
Description=geoip-updater
Documentation=https://crazymax.dev/geoip-updater/
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
RestartSec=2s
Type=simple
User=geoip-updater
Group=geoip-updater
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/geoip-updater --log-level info
Restart=always
#Environment=TZ=Europe/Paris
Environment=EDITION_IDS=GeoLite2-ASN,GeoLite2-City,GeoLite2-Country
Environment=LICENSE_KEY=0123456789ABCD
Environment=DOWNLOAD_PATH=/usr/local/share/geoip
Environment=SCHEDULE=0 0 * * 0

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Change the user, group, and other startup values to suit your environment.

Enable and start geoip-updater:

sudo systemctl enable geoip-updater
sudo systemctl start geoip-updater

To view logs:

journalctl -fu geoip-updater.service