ExecStart=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus --config.file=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml failure.
timeout. because prometheus keeps in foreground.
ExecStart=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus --config.file=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml&
failure. because prometheus[3280250]: Error parsing command line arguments: unexpected &
[Service]
ExecStart=bash -c "nohup /opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus --config.file=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml"&
Type=forking
this works
systemctl status prometheus --no-page
● prometheus.service - prometheus service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/prometheus.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-08-28 13:04:28 CST; 1min 3s ago
Process: 3280429 ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c nohup /opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus --config.file=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml& (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3280430 (prometheus)
Tasks: 10 (limit: 19086)
Memory: 42.7M
CGroup: /system.slice/prometheus.service
└─3280430 /opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus --config.file=/opt/prometheus-2.53.0.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml
timeout. because prometheus keeps in foreground.
Your service file asks systemd to wait for that. Remove the Type=forking and it will not.
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