[Unit] Description=GoToSocial Server [Service] # make sure this user and group exist and have read and write permissions in your GoToSocial folder. # if they do not exist yet create them with "sudo useradd -r gotosocial" # then give them permission with "chown -R gotosocial:gotosocial /gotosocial" (path to your gotosocial folder) # you can adjust the users name according to your setup User=gotosocial Group=gotosocial Type=exec Restart=on-failure # change if your path to the GoToSocial binary is different ExecStart=/gotosocial/gotosocial --config-path config.yaml server start WorkingDirectory=/gotosocial [Install] WantedBy=default.target # After you are done editing this file move it to "/etc/systemd/system/gotosocial.service" and enable the service with "sudo systemctl enable --now gotosocial.service"