Hello everyone,
I'm pretty new at proxmox and I'm trying to setup a video game server inside an LXC container.
My goal is to build a server that run at startup, auto-save every week, and end when stopping the machine. That's why I looked after systemd.
I use screen because it seems simple to me to attach and detach screens.
So I have a "bootserver" service :
When y run
I've got this status
Note that screen works well when I call it from terminal without using systemd.
Another point is I didn't create any user, so I'm working as root inside the LXC container.
Does someone know how I could run my script inside a screen session launched using systemd services ?
If it's not possible, is there another way to save my lxc server and have a backup on my NAS ?
Thank you all, have a good day/
I'm pretty new at proxmox and I'm trying to setup a video game server inside an LXC container.
My goal is to build a server that run at startup, auto-save every week, and end when stopping the machine. That's why I looked after systemd.
I use screen because it seems simple to me to attach and detach screens.
So I have a "bootserver" service :
Code:
[Unit]
Description=boot server
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
RemainAfterExit=yes
TimeoutStartSec=90
ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -DmS mcserver server/bootserv.sh
ExecStop=/usr/bin/screen -p 0 -S mcserver -X stuff "stop\015"
ExecStop=/bin/sleep 20
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.targetWhen y run
systemctl start bootserver, the service start and exit but there's no screen session using screen -lsI've got this status
Code:
● mcserver.service - boot server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/mcserver.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Thu 2026-05-14 10:55:03 CEST; 1s ago
Invocation: e81a5ba203af4e2db2b3af7512cb9a40
Process: 331 ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -DmS mcserver server/bootserv.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 331 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Mem peak: 1.7M
CPU: 11ms
mai 14 10:55:03 lxc-deb-mc systemd[1]: Started mcserver.service - boot server.Note that screen works well when I call it from terminal without using systemd.
Another point is I didn't create any user, so I'm working as root inside the LXC container.
Does someone know how I could run my script inside a screen session launched using systemd services ?
If it's not possible, is there another way to save my lxc server and have a backup on my NAS ?
Thank you all, have a good day/
