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The directory lists some systemd unit files for example, which can be used to run `rathole` as a service on Linux.
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-[The `@` symbol in name of unit files](https://superuser.com/questions/393423/the-symbol-and-systemctl-and-vsftpd) such as
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+[The `@` symbol in the name of unit files](https://superuser.com/questions/393423/the-symbol-and-systemctl-and-vsftpd) such as
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`rathole@.service` facilitates the management of multiple instances of `rathole`.
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For the naming of the example, `ratholes` stands for `rathole --server`, and `ratholec` stands for `rathole --client`, `rathole` is just `rathole`.
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-Assuming that `rathole` is installed in `/usr/bin/rathole`, and the configuration file is in `/etc/rathole/app1.toml`, the following steps shows how to run an instance of `rathole --server`.
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+For security, it is suggested to store configuration files with permission `600`, that is, only the owner can read the file, preventing arbitrary users on the system from accessing the secret tokens.
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+### With root privilege
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+Assuming that `rathole` is installed in `/usr/bin/rathole`, and the configuration file is in `/etc/rathole/app1.toml`, the following steps show how to run an instance of `rathole --server` with root.
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1. Create a service file.
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@@ -22,14 +26,49 @@ sudo mkdir -p /etc/rathole
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# And create the configuration file named `app1.toml` inside /etc/rathole
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```
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-3. Enable and start the service
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+3. Enable and start the service.
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```bash
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sudo systemctl daemon-reload # Make sure systemd find the new unit
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sudo systemctl enable ratholes@app1 --now
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```
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-And if there's another configuration named `app2.toml` in `/etc/rathole`, then
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-`sudo systemctl enable ratholes@app2 --now` can start an instance for that configuration.
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+### Without root privilege
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+Assuming that `rathole` is installed in `~/.local/bin/rathole`, and the configuration file is in `~/.local/etc/rathole/app1.toml`, the following steps show how to run an instance of `rathole --server` without root.
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+1. Edit the example service file as...
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+```txt
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+# with root
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+# ExecStart=/usr/bin/rathole -s /etc/rathole/%i.toml
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+# without root
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+ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/rathole -s %h/.local/etc/rathole/%i.toml
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+```
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+2. Create a service file.
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+```bash
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+mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
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+cp ratholes@.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
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+```
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+3. Create the configuration file `app1.toml`.
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+```bash
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+mkdir -p ~/.local/etc/rathole
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+# And create the configuration file named `app1.toml` inside ~/.local/etc/rathole
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+```
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+4. Enable and start the service.
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+```bash
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+systemctl --user daemon-reload # Make sure systemd find the new unit
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+systemctl --user enable ratholes@app1 --now
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+```
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+### Run multiple services
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+To run multiple services at once, simply add another configuration, say `app2.toml` under `/etc/rathole` (`~/.local/etc/rathole` for non-root), then run `sudo systemctl enable ratholes@app2 --now` (`systemctl --user enable ratholes@app2 --now` for non-root) to start an instance for that configuration.
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-The same applies to `rathole --client` and `rathole`.
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+The same applies to `ratholec@.service` for `rathole --client` and `rathole@.service` for `rathole`.
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