From deabab8363289c2cd53c039bf3a46f82bda92b5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hector <hector@hjs.dev>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 06:23:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update example systemd file (!115)

- Update the example systemd file to be more complete
- Added description, documentation link, and some improved service settings

https://gitlab.com/hectorjsmith/fail2ban-prometheus-exporter/-/merge_requests/115
---
 _examples/systemd/fail2ban_exporter.service | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_examples/systemd/fail2ban_exporter.service b/_examples/systemd/fail2ban_exporter.service
index db1cf68..27d89b6 100644
--- a/_examples/systemd/fail2ban_exporter.service
+++ b/_examples/systemd/fail2ban_exporter.service
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Fail2Ban Exporter
+Description=Fail2ban metric exporter for Prometheus
+Documentation=https://gitlab.com/hectorjsmith/fail2ban-prometheus-exporter/-/blob/main/README.md
+Requires=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
-User=fail2ban_exporter
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/fail2ban_exporter
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+
+# Currently need to run the exporter as root to ensure it has read/write access to the
+# fail2ban socket file.
+User=root
+Group=root
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
+WantedBy=multi-user.target