Systemd

Install OpenObserve as a system service use systemd.

Create env file

/etc/openobserve.env

ZO_ROOT_USER_EMAIL = "root@example.com"
ZO_ROOT_USER_PASSWORD = "Complexpass#123"
ZO_DATA_DIR = "/data/openobserve"

Create systemd service file

/usr/lib/systemd/system/openobserve.service

[Unit]
Description=The OpenObserve server
After=syslog.target network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
LimitNOFILE=65535
EnvironmentFile=/etc/openobserve.env
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/openobserve
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Tips:

EnvironmentFile and ExecStart should be the config file and openobserve binary path.

Enable service

After create env file and service file, you can reload systemed and enable OpenObserve service:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable openobserve

Then, you can use systemctl control OpenObserve as a system service.

Start OpenObserve

systemctl start openobserve

Stop OpenObserve

systemctl stop openobserve

Status of OpenObserve

systemctl status openobserve

Test service

curl -v http://localhost:5080/healthz

You will see:

{"status":"ok"}