{"id":13980,"date":"2024-03-15T08:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-a-daemon-process-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:53:35","slug":"how-to-add-a-daemon-process-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-a-daemon-process-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Daemon: Create Background Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"

To set a process as a daemon, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Write a script or program to implement the required service or program to be executed.<\/li>\n
  2. Open the terminal and log in as a root user or a user with administrative privileges.<\/li>\n
  3. Run the script or program using the “nohup” command so that it continues to run even after the terminal is closed. For example: nohup \/path\/to\/your\/script.sh &<\/li>\n
  4. Check the running processes by using the command ‘ps -ef | grep your_script.sh’ to ensure that it is running.<\/li>\n
  5. Create a Systemd service unit file using the command sudo systemctl enable your_script.service. Replace “your_script” with the name of your script or program.<\/li>\n
  6. Open the systemd service unit file in a text editor, for example: sudo nano \/etc\/systemd\/system\/your_script.service.<\/li>\n
  7. Add the following content in the open file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    [Unit]\r\nDescription=Your Service\r\nAfter=network.target\r\n\r\n[Service]\r\nExecStart=\/path\/to\/your\/script.sh\r\n\r\n[Install]\r\nWantedBy=default.target\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Replace “Your Service” with a description of your service, and replace “\/path\/to\/your\/script.sh” with the path to your script or program.<\/p>\n
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    1. Save and close the file.<\/li>\n
    2. Start the service by using the command sudo systemctl start your_script.service.<\/li>\n
    3. Check the status of the service’s operation by running the command sudo systemctl status your_script.service.<\/li>\n
    4. Set your service to start automatically at boot by using the command sudo systemctl enable your_script.service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Your script or program has now been configured as a daemon and will automatically run at system startup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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