contrib/systemd: add a sample systemd unit file and a logger configuration

The added logger configuration (--log-config or log_config:) uses
systemd's python bindings to pass messages directly to the journal.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Shapovalov <intelfx100@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=synapse
+Group=synapse
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/synapse
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml --log-config=/etc/synapse/log_config.yaml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target