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How to create systemd unit that depends on a website being up?
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I'm going to write some systemd services. All of these can only be run if a certain website is up. I thought I could create a ~/.config/systemd/user/website.service this:
[Unit]
Description=Confirm that example is up
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
[Service]
ExecStart=curl --head example.com
And then I can make my actual units have Requires=website.service.
When I run systemctl --user start website, it just exits. When I check systemctl --user status website I see the header in the logs. But the status just says "inactive", not success or fail (based on exit code of fail).
When I tell systemd to run my other units, it should first run website.service, and only if it succeeds should the target units run. Otherwise they should fail. How do I accomplish this?
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