I have an OpenSUSE environment where InfluxDB is installed. In order to access Influx CLI, i need to run "Influxd" seperately everytime. How do I make Influxd run as a service in the background?

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It looks like the latest version of OpenSUSE, Leap 15, uses systemd:

https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book.opensuse.reference/cha.systemd.html

The documentation gives a good overview of systemd and how it's used on OpenSUSE.

In order to add a service, you will need to create a "unit file" for InfluxDB, and [permanently enable](https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book.opensuse.reference/cha.systemd.html#sec.boot.systemd.basics.services_enabling) it.

We provide a [unit file for InfluxDB](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/master/scripts/influxdb.service) as part of the code repository:

```text
[Unit]
Description=InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
Documentation=https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=influxdb
Group=influxdb
LimitNOFILE=65536
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/influxdb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/influxd -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf $INFLUXD_OPTS
KillMode=control-group
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=influxd.service
```

This blog post provides a good overview of creating a systemd service:

https://medium.com/@benmorel/creating-a-linux-service-with-systemd-611b5c8b91d6

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Thanks, Got it working

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