Starting AdGuard for Linux automatically

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If you want AdGuard CLI to start automatically, configure it as a systemd service. This allows AdGuard protection to launch either at login or at system startup. Choose the option that best fits your needs.

To start AdGuard CLI automatically at login, create a user-level systemd service.

1. Create the service file ~/.config/systemd/user/adguard-cli.service and add the following configuration:

[Unit]

Description=AdGuard CLI

After=network.target

[Service]

Type=forking

WorkingDirectory=/opt/adguard-cli

ExecStart=/opt/adguard-cli/adguard-cli start

ExecStop=/opt/adguard-cli/adguard-cli stop

Restart=always

TimeoutStartSec=0

TimeoutStopSec=0

StandardOutput=journal

RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]

WantedBy=default.target

1. Run the following commands to enable the service:

systemctl --user daemon-reload

systemctl --user enable --now adguard-cli

If you want AdGuard protection to start at system startup, create a system-level service.

1. Create the service file /etc/systemd/system/adguard-cli.service and add the following configuration:

[Unit]

Description=AdGuard CLI

After=network.target

[Service]

Type=forking

WorkingDirectory=/opt/adguard-cli

ExecStart=/opt/adguard-cli/adguard-cli start

ExecStop=/opt/adguard-cli/adguard-cli stop

Restart=always

TimeoutStartSec=0

TimeoutStopSec=0

StandardOutput=journal

RemainAfterExit=yes

User=username

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

In the `User=username` parameter, replace `username` with your Linux username.

1. Run the following commands to enable the service:

```sh

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl enable --now adguard-cli