[Unit] Description=carbon-relay instance %i (graphite) After=network.target [Service] User=graphite Group=graphite PrivateTmp=yes # Run ExecStartPre with root-permissions PermissionsStartOnly=true ExecStartPre=-/bin/mkdir -p /run/graphite ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R graphite:graphite /run/graphite ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /run/graphite/carbon-relay-%i.pid ExecStart=/opt/graphite/bin/carbon-relay.py --instance=%i start Type=forking PIDFile=/run/graphite/carbon-relay-%i.pid [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target