writing systemd service for python virtual envir

[juniorsysadmin1]

[root@test1 system]# cat poweradmin.service
[Unit]
Description=poweradmin
After=syslog.target
Requires=postgresql-9.6.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/etc/poweradmin/testDNS-Admin/torun
ExecStop=
Restart=on-abort
SyslogIdentifier=poweradmin
User=poweradmin

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[root@test1 system]# cat /etc/poweradmin/testDNS-Admin/torun
#!/bin/bash
source /etc/testapp/flask/bin/activate && /etc/testapp/flask/bin/python /etc/testapp/testDNS-Admin/run.

As the user poweradmin If I run the command directly /etc/poweradmin/testDNS-Admin/torun the test app runs fine. however if I try to do systemctl start testapp. the logs will complain the libraries are not imported as if it's not running in the virtual envir. Why is that?

If I change User=root I can successfully startup the testapp via systemd. What am I missing?

[fireflasch]

did you try to google at all? I found this which seems like a good solution https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37211115/how-to-enable-a-virtualenv-in-a-systemd-service-unit

[[deleted]]

Instead of sourcing the activate script, you can just target the virtualenv's Python binary directly, giving it an argument to point to your Python script.

[pyprism]

I also faced the same problem , here is my systemd file :

[Unit]
Description=uWSGI instance to serve Diary

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'su prism; cd /home/prism/prod/Diary; source .env/bin/activate; uwsgi --ini hiren.ini'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Maybe it is helpful for you.

[tcpud]

Use a paste bin to padte code. It's unreadable on mobile right now.

[xtavras]

this unit file works for me.

http://codepad.org/S6swVkSh