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An example network service with systemd-activated socket in Python. #systemd #python #socket #socket-activation

README

The example below creates a TCP server listening on a stream (i.e. SOCK_STREAM) socket. A similar approach can be followed to create a UDP server on a datagram (i.e. SOCK_DGRAM) socket. See man systemd.socket for details.

An example server

Create an simple echo server at ~/tmp/foo/serve.py.

application: you-app-name-here
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1
default_expiration: "30d"
handlers:
- url: /(.*\.(appcache|manifest))
mime_type: text/cache-manifest