How to run LT on Ubuntu 22 as service

CraosCZ · January 11, 2024, 6:03pm

I want to use LT internally on my Ubuntu 22 server, so I don`t want to expose it to internet. So, I don’t need any integration with my NGINX server or so. I installed LT as described in READ.ME

pip install libretranslate

Now, I can run it from the command line, where I get message

Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000

which is great. But I need LT to run as a service automatically when the system starts up. Is there a way, how to do it?

pierotofy · January 11, 2024, 7:30pm

You could probably follow this guide to setup a systemd service for LT: https://medium.com/codex/setup-a-python-script-as-a-service-through-systemctl-systemd-f0cc55a42267

argosopentech · January 13, 2024, 5:07am

I have a script for configuring LibreTranslate for SystemD here:

github.com

argosopentech/LibreTranslate-init/blob/main/libretranslate.service

[Unit]
Description=LibreTranslate WSGI with Gunicorn and Nginx
After=network.target

[Service]
User=libretranslate
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate
Environment="PATH=/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/bin"
ExecStart=/home/libretranslate/LibreTranslate/env/bin/gunicorn --workers 3 --bind unix:libretranslate.sock -m 007 wsgi:app
Restart=always
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=mixed
TimeoutStopSec=1

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

If you want LibreTranslate to only be available on your local PC you can configure your firewall to block port 5000.