Service ------- After placing the service at /usr/lib/systemd/system/bu_cmdr.service refresh the daemon: systemctl daemon-reload Start the service systemctl start bu_cmdr.service Stop the service systemctl stop bu_cmdr.service Print the logs (f follow) journalctl -fu bu_cmdr.service To start the service at boot time, place the service file (or symlink) in: cd /etc/systemd/system/ ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/bu_cmdr.service then enable it systemctl enable bu_cmdr.service Handy: https://sqlite.org/cli.html reset the running flag: [root@server2 svc]# sqlite3 ../data/data.db update BULIST set BuRunning=false; .quit