Systemd

This section describes how to deploy Bracket (frontend and backend) as a Systemd service on Linux.

This assumes:

You have installed yarn and pipenv.
You have a PostgreSQL cluster running.
You have cloned Bracket in /var/lib/bracket.
You have created a new user called Bracket with the permissions to read and write in /var/lib/bracket.

Now, You can run the application using systemd.service files. Below is a simple example of the service files for the backend and frontend:

Backend


[Unit]
Description=Bracket backend
After=syslog.target
After=network.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
User=bracket
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/bracket/backend
ExecStart=pipenv run gunicorn -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker bracket.app:app --bind localhost:8400 --workers 1
Environment=ENVIRONMENT=PRODUCTION
TimeoutSec=15
Restart=always
RestartSec=2s
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Frontend


[Unit]
Description=Bracket frontend
After=syslog.target
After=network.target
 
[Service]
Type=simple
User=bracket
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/bracket/frontend
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/yarn start
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
TimeoutSec=15
Restart=always
RestartSec=2s
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target