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witcheer's Wingtips #16: gateway won't restart after a reboot? enable lingering

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#16 · gateway won't restart after a reboot? enable lingering

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Hermes Wingtips #16: gateway won't restart after a reboot? enable lingering

a user-service gateway runs under your login, so it stops at logout and won't come back after a reboot until you enable lingering.

headless VPS, zero root per restart:

hermes gateway install
sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER

or go boot-level: sudo hermes gateway install --system

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All tips are written by witcheer and collected here with credit. Card images stay on his X posts.

witcheer says each tip ran on a real Hermes box before it shipped. Hermes changes fast, so check your version and the linked doc.