[GH-ISSUE #2025] "Running with systemd (docker)" don't launch in the background and don't restart #1129

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opened 2026-03-03 02:06:30 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-03 02:06:30 +03:00

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Originally created by @ctschach on GitHub (Oct 7, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/2025

Subject of the issue

"Running with systemd (docker)" don't launch in the background and don't restart

I'm starting the docker instance of Vaultwarden via systemd as described in this Wiki:

https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Running-with-systemd-docker

However, I noticed two problem:

"systemctl start vaultwarden.service" does not run in the background. It launches the docker instance, but never come back to the shell. So I had to use Ctrl-Z and "bg" to let it run in the background.
At some point the docker process was not running anymore. Not sure what the problem was, but it did not automatically restart - which should happen when you use systemd.

Deployment environment

OS:
Ubuntu 18.04LTS on x86
vaultwarden version:
vaultwarden/server:latest

Install method:
docker.

Configuration

Here is the content of my service-file:
/etc/systemd/system/vaultwarden.service

[Unit]
Description=Vaultwarden
After=docker.service
Requires=docker.service

[Service]
TimeoutStartSec=0
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker pull vaultwarden/server:latest
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker stop vaultwarden
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm vaultwarden
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run \
  -p 8888:80 \
  -p 3012:3012 \
  --env-file /home/vaultwarden/etc/vaultwarden.conf \
  -v /home/vaultwarden/data/:/data/ \
  --rm --name vaultwarden vaultwarden/server:latest
ExecStopPost=-/usr/bin/docker rm vaultwarden
Restart=Always
RestartSec=30s
Type=notify
NotifyAccess=all

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Originally created by @ctschach on GitHub (Oct 7, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/issues/2025 ### Subject of the issue "Running with systemd (docker)" don't launch in the background and don't restart  I'm starting the docker instance of Vaultwarden via systemd as described in this Wiki: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/Running-with-systemd-docker However, I noticed two problem: * "systemctl start vaultwarden.service" does not run in the background. It launches the docker instance, but never come back to the shell. So I had to use Ctrl-Z and "bg" to let it run in the background. * At some point the docker process was not running anymore. Not sure what the problem was, but it did not automatically restart - which should happen when you use systemd. ### Deployment environment * OS: Ubuntu 18.04LTS on x86 * vaultwarden version: vaultwarden/server:latest  * Install method: docker. ### Configuration Here is the content of my service-file: /etc/systemd/system/vaultwarden.service ``` [Unit] Description=Vaultwarden After=docker.service Requires=docker.service [Service] TimeoutStartSec=0 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker pull vaultwarden/server:latest ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker stop vaultwarden ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm vaultwarden ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run \ -p 8888:80 \ -p 3012:3012 \ --env-file /home/vaultwarden/etc/vaultwarden.conf \ -v /home/vaultwarden/data/:/data/ \ --rm --name vaultwarden vaultwarden/server:latest ExecStopPost=-/usr/bin/docker rm vaultwarden Restart=Always RestartSec=30s Type=notify NotifyAccess=all [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ```