From 54af42121fc54a6334d85b57297725d13ce70a26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Craig-Wood <nick@craig-wood.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 21:41:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] running: How to auto-restart caddy with systemd (#284)

It was decided in https://github.com/caddyserver/dist/pull/92 that the
best way to auto restart caddy is using a systemd override file and
this documents how to do that.
---
 src/docs/markdown/running.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/docs/markdown/running.md b/src/docs/markdown/running.md
index b809752..33f5377 100644
--- a/src/docs/markdown/running.md
+++ b/src/docs/markdown/running.md
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ ExecReload=
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/caddy.json
 ```
 
+Or, for example, if you'd like caddy to restart itself after 5s if it ever crashes unexpectedly:
+```systemd
+[Service]
+# Automatically restart caddy if it crashes except if the exit code was 1
+RestartPreventExitStatus=1
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+```
+
 Then, save the file and exit the text editor, and restart the service for it to take effect:
 <pre><code class="cmd bash">sudo systemctl restart caddy</code></pre>