Example service files are provided in contrib

See contrib/systemd for example

To run Gollum as a system service:

1. Create a gollum.service file.
2. Add a ExecStart=... line. This line specifies the location of gollum executable and arguments to run it with. Use Gollum README or gollum --help to display the list of available arguments.
   Example:

   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gollum --show-all "/home/someuser/wiki/"
   

3. Start the service: [sudo] systemctl start gollum.service

To run Gollum as a system service, but under a particular user (root by default):

1. Add a User=%i line to gollum.service file and rename the file to [email protected].
2. Change the line ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gollum --show-all "/home/someuser/wiki/" to ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gollum --show-all "/home/%i/wiki/".
3. Start the service: [sudo] systemctl start gollum@<target-user>.service, where <target-user> is the user to run Gollum under.

To run the service in a user session:

1. Complete the first two steps of making a system service (see above).
2. Create the mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/ folder and move the gollum.service file there. Edit gollum.service as needed.
3. Start the user service via [sudo] systemctl --user start gollum.

See contrib/sysv-debian for example

To install it:

1. Copy contrib/sysv-debian/init.d/gollum to /etc/init.d/ on your system.
2. Adapt the GOLLUM_* variables to your needs:
   • GOLLUM_USER sets the user the gollum process will be run as,
   • GOLLUM_BASE sets the path to the repository that contains the wiki contents, and
   • GOLLUM_OPTS allows you to set additional parameters passed to gollum on the commandline (see gollum --help for documentation on those).
3. Make the script executable if it isn't already:

   chmod +x /etc/init.d/gollum

4. Depending on your system, use service gollum start or /etc/init.d/gollum start to start Gollum. The script understands the parameters start, stop, restart, and status.

See contrib/openrc for example

A script to run it on FreeBSD as daemon can be found in www/rubgem-gollum port