Run Dispatch as systemd service

To run dispatch as a systemd service do the following:

• create a user called dispatch and lock it so outside ssh connections cannot be made with this user
  • run: useradd --create-home --group users --shell=/bin/bash dispatch
  • run: usermod -L dispatch
• make a directory in that users home dir called bin
• extract dispatch in /home/dispatch/bin
• add following systemd service to /etc/systemd/system (full path: /etc/systemd/system/dispatch.service)

[Unit]
Description=Dispatch IRC client
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/dispatch/bin/dispatch
User=dispatch
Group=nogroup
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
StartLimitInterval=60s
StartLimitBurst=3

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

• run systemctl daemon-reload
• start service with systemctl start dispatch

Note:

• works on ubuntu 18.04, might need changes for other distributions
• adding user to group 'users' might not be the best thing, adjust the useradd accordingly