Help with making linux service

TeamSpeak Server
1

Hey guys, I installed Fedora Server on a mini pc today I wanted to install ts3 server on it.

The server works when starting with ./ts3server_startscript.sh start but i’m stuck at making the service work. here is my service:

Unit]
Description=TeamSpeak3 Server
Wants=network-online.target
After=syslog.target network.target local-fs.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/teamspeak
User=teamspeak
Group=teamspeak
Type=simple
Restart=always
ExecStart=/bin/bash /opt/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start
ExecStop=/bin/bash /opt/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I have found parts of it online, and I also used DeepSeek to help but when i start the service, this is the result of systemctl status teamspeak:

× teamspeak.service - TeamSpeak3 Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/teamspeak.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf, 50-keep-warm.conf
     Active: failed (Result: start-limit-hit) since Thu 2025-02-06 19:32:41 CET; 1s ago
   Duration: 60ms
 Invocation: 50ed9a7953f34055980012564d67c910
    Process: 3120 ExecStart=/bin/bash /opt/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 3130 ExecStop=/bin/bash /opt/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 3120 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Feb 06 19:32:41 s920 systemd[1]: teamspeak.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Feb 06 19:32:41 s920 systemd[1]: teamspeak.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 06 19:32:41 s920 systemd[1]: teamspeak.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Feb 06 19:32:41 s920 systemd[1]: Failed to start teamspeak.service - TeamSpeak3 Server.

Thanks for any help!

2

This is the service file I’m using, you should be able to adjust it to your needs.

[Unit]
Description=TeamSpeak 3 Server
Documentation=http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=literature
Requires=mysql.service
After=network.target
After=mysql.service

[Service]
User=ts3
UMask=0027
WorkingDirectory=/home/ts3/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64
ExecStart=/home/ts3/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64/ts3server inifile=/home/ts3/teamspeak3-server_linux_amd64/ts3server.ini
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
3

Thanks but it still can’t start. Can I ask where is the service file you’re editing? I edit mine with sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/teamspeak.service but I remember there being another path

4

Hello

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/wulcato/wulcity/teamspeak
ExecStart=/home/wulcato/wulcity/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

My service file is like this.

Edit = You can also make it run continuously as a cronjob.

5

User defined service files should be put in /etc/systemd/system, though I don’t believe that should cause the problem that you see.

What exactly are you using now, and what error do you see?

6 
systemctl stop teamspeak
systemctl disable teamspeak
rm /usr/lib/systemd/system/teamspeak.service
vi /etc/systemd/system/teamspeak.service

[Unit]
Description=TeamSpeak 3 Server
After=network.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/teamspeak
User=teamspeak
ExecStart=/opt/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start inifile=ts3server.ini
ExecStop=/opt/teamspeak/s3server_startscript.sh stop
PIDFile=/opt/teamspeak/ts3server.pid
RestartSec=15
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable teamspeak
systemctl start teamspeak
7

Thanks a lot, this fixed it. Although I still needed to put /bin/bash before the execstart and stop commands. I’m guessing that the fedora cockpit had something to do with that, since I ran all the commands there.

But it works now

8

I made it work, using sxseth’s service, but it was probably the path that was wrong

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