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mempalace/deploy/mempalace-server.service
Dax Davis 351e62f736 fix(deploy): survive the MCP idle watchdog exit in the systemd unit
The idle watchdog terminates the process with os._exit(0). systemd's
Restart=on-failure does not restart a unit that exits 0, so a server
installed from this template stops for good after the idle timeout
rather than restarting.

Switch the unit to Restart=always and disable the watchdog in the
server env template, since a dedicated always-on server is not the
per-session case the watchdog was added for.
2026-08-09 16:22:27 -05:00

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# MemPalace remote MCP server — systemd unit template.
#
# Install:
# sudo useradd --system --home /var/lib/mempalace --shell /usr/sbin/nologin mempalace
# sudo install -d -o mempalace -g mempalace -m 750 /var/lib/mempalace /etc/mempalace
# sudo cp deploy/server.env.example /etc/mempalace/server.env # then edit + chmod 600
# sudo install -m 600 -o mempalace -g mempalace /etc/mempalace/server.env /etc/mempalace/server.env
# # install mempalace into a venv on PATH, or adjust ExecStart to its absolute path
# sudo cp deploy/mempalace-server.service /etc/systemd/system/
# sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable --now mempalace-server
#
# This binds 0.0.0.0:8765 and requires MEMPALACE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN (set in the
# EnvironmentFile). Front it with a TLS-terminating reverse proxy, or set
# MEMPALACE_MCP_TLS_CERT / _KEY in the EnvironmentFile for native TLS.
[Unit]
Description=MemPalace remote MCP server
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=exec
User=mempalace
Group=mempalace
EnvironmentFile=/etc/mempalace/server.env
ExecStart=mempalace serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8765
# The idle watchdog exits with status 0, which on-failure reads as an
# intentional stop, so the server would stay down. server.env disables the
# watchdog; Restart=always covers a deployment that has not set it.
Restart=always
RestartSec=2
# --- Hardening ---------------------------------------------------------------
NoNewPrivileges=true
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectHome=true
PrivateTmp=true
PrivateDevices=true
ProtectKernelTunables=true
ProtectKernelModules=true
ProtectControlGroups=true
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX
RestrictNamespaces=true
LockPersonality=true
MemoryDenyWriteExecute=false
# The palace and any local state live here; everything else is read-only.
ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/mempalace
StateDirectory=mempalace
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target