Start a jar file like service in linux

executable-jar, jar, java, linux, shell

Solution

You need a Service Wrapper to run the Jar file.

There are examples and instructions for init.d here. or for systemd (ubuntu 16+) here

Problem

I want to start and stop my jar file as follows `service myService start` `service myService stop` my current jar file running as follows ``` cd /home/alex/IdeaProjects/myService java -jar target/myService-SNAPSHOT-1.jar server config.yml ``` What should I do?

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