From 17b362627a5f0e9cc68fa78b89aa244d30d70746 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nwtnsqrd <30381446+nwtnsqrd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:02:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add description for using code-server as a systemd unit

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 doc/self-hosted/index.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/self-hosted/index.md b/doc/self-hosted/index.md
index 8626599c0602..c192b4b9ab4c 100644
--- a/doc/self-hosted/index.md
+++ b/doc/self-hosted/index.md
@@ -115,5 +115,29 @@ OPTIONS
   ```
   *Important:* For more details about Apache reverse proxy configuration checkout the [documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html) - especially the [Securing your Server](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html#access) section
   
+  ### Start code-server as systemd unit
+  Create `/lib/systemd/system/code-server.service` with the following contents:
+  ```
+  [Unit]
+  Description=Code Server IDE
+  After=network.target
+
+  [Service]
+  Type=simple
+  User=<USER>
+  Restart=on-failure
+  RestartSec=10
+
+  ExecStart=<PATH TO BINARY> --allow-http
+
+  StandardOutput=file:/var/log/code-server-output.log
+  StandardError=file:/var/log/code-server-error.log
+
+  [Install]
+  WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+  ```
+  Enable code-server with `systemctl enable code-server.service`. Start with `systemctl start code-server.service`.
+  
   ### Help
   Use `code-server -h` or `code-server --help` to view the usage for the cli. This is also shown at the beginning of this section. 

From aea504d6417762568d18e497b14fb8474c36a5f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nwtnsqrd <30381446+nwtnsqrd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 20:18:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add sr229's suggestion

sr229 suggested to add "EnvironmentFile" for the systemd unit
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 doc/self-hosted/index.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/doc/self-hosted/index.md b/doc/self-hosted/index.md
index c192b4b9ab4c..b6ebdef9dedc 100644
--- a/doc/self-hosted/index.md
+++ b/doc/self-hosted/index.md
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ OPTIONS
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   User=<USER>
+  EnvironmentFile=$HOME/.profile
   Restart=on-failure
   RestartSec=10