Using systemd to start a FiveM server on linux

FiveM Server Development Server Discussion
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I’m trying to setup a systemd for a .sh file to start up a FiveM server on linux. I fixed a couple of error that came out of it before like a permissions error and now I start it up but it says “loaded” and not “active” which I was hoping for, then at the bottom I see “Started server2 service” even though it is not started.

2

hmm, i’m not experienced with linux but do u start it as it says?

3

this is very easy

first create a file called fivem.service

then inside the file add the following

[Unit]
Description=FiveM Server

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/fivem/
ExecStart=/bin/sh run.sh
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

make sure you edit the working directory to match were you have the fivem installed, after that its a simple case of creating the service and starting it like so

create link
systemctl enable fivem.service

start service
service fivem start
4

Hello,

It only work with version 296 of FX build :
https://runtime.fivem.net/artifacts/fivem/build_proot_linux/master/296-e24e90af7dcb09b20aaccb29f140e2e59d01ffdb/

New versions won’t work…

5

How can you tell the server.cfg to your service ? => Edit Found it how.
But, why it took all my CPU when started with systemD, while it’s ok when I start it manually ? ( …/run.sh +exec server.cfg from ssh-bash)

6

Ok Yoo Etuldan look that !

in your /etc/systemd/system
vi fivem.service

[Unit]
Description=FiveM Server

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/ddrolet/server-data
ExecStart=/bin/sh /home/ddrolet/run.sh +exec server.cfg
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

------enable fivem service----
systemctl enable fivem.service

----create link----
service fivem start
----start service----
service fivem start
----Look Status----
systemctl status fivem.service

Try that Brah :slight_smile:

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7

Running FXServer as a system user, is a very bad idea. You should always run it as a standard user, even better if it does not have sudo privileges.

8

This is what I use, and it works perfectly. It also has the added bonus of running the service as a standard user without additional privileges and will automagically restart if the host OS detects a problem with the service itself.

[Unit]
Description=FiveM Server

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/fxserver
ExecStart=/bin/sh run.sh
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure
User=fxserver
Group=fxserver

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target