This guide will show how to set up automation for MusicBot via SystemD service configuration.
SystemD is a multi-featured management suite included in many modern Linux distros.

If your OS includes SystemD, you can use these steps to set up a service:

1. Copy the musicbot.service.example file and rename it musicbot.service.
2. Open the new service and edit as needed.
3. Install the new service file.
4. Reload systemd and enable the service.

Example command line steps.

Update these commands to use an editor of your choice, and correct paths as needed.

# Open the clone directory.
cd ~/MusicBot

# Copy the example file.
cp ./musicbot.service.example ./musicbot.service

# Edit the copied file (use any text editor you like here).
vim ./musicbot.service

# Install the service file into the system.
sudo cp ./musicbot.service /etc/systemd/system/musicbot.service

# Load the newly installed service. This does not start or enable it.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

# To start MusicBot at boot time, use:
sudo systemctl enable musicbot

# To start MusicBot run:
sudo systemctl start musicbot

# To stop MusicBot run:
sudo systemctl stop musicbot

# To restart MusicBot run:
sudo systemctl restart musicbot

# To check if its running use:
sudo systemctl status musicbot

# To review system logs for the service:
sudo journalctl -u musicbot

A Completed Example .service file.

[Unit]
Description=Just-Some-Bots/MusicBot a discord.py bot that plays music.

# Only start this service after networking is ready.
After=network.target


[Service]
# These control the user/group used to start MusicBot.
# It is important to set this to the user who installed MusicBot
User=musicuser
Group=musicgroup

# This should be the path where MusicBot was cloned into.
WorkingDirectory=/home/musicuser/MusicBot/

# Use system Python to run the bot.
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/musicuser/MusicBot/run.py --no-checks
# For Venv installs, replace the above with something like:
#ExecStart=/home/musicuser/MusicBotVenv/bin/python3 /home/musicuser/MusicBotVenv/MusicBot/run.py

# Set the condition under which the service should be restarted.
# Using 'on-failure' allows the bot's shutdown command to actually stop the service.
# Using 'always' will require you to stop the service via the service manager.
Restart=on-failure

# Time to wait between restarts.  This is useful to avoid rate limits.
RestartSec=6


[Install]
WantedBy=default.target