From 3e8f404af34caf2750cf43eeacaa77a57096e0ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jelle Treep <h.j.treep@uu.nl>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 16:02:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add systemd service

---
 roles/openwebui/tasks/main.yml                   | 13 +++++++++++++
 .../templates/openwebui-serve.service.j2         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 roles/openwebui/templates/openwebui-serve.service.j2

diff --git a/roles/openwebui/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openwebui/tasks/main.yml
index f1af650..a831e16 100644
--- a/roles/openwebui/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openwebui/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,16 @@
         state: present
         shell: /bin/bash
         createhome: yes
+
+- name: Place systemd config file
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/openwebui-serve.service
+    src: templates/openwebui-serve.service.j2
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: Run openwebui service
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: openwebui-serve
+    state: started
+    daemon_reload: true
+    enabled: true
diff --git a/roles/openwebui/templates/openwebui-serve.service.j2 b/roles/openwebui/templates/openwebui-serve.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c81865d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openwebui/templates/openwebui-serve.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Service for openwebui
+After=network.target ollama.service
+
+[Service]
+User=openwebui
+WorkingDirectory=/home/openwebui
+{% for var_name, value in openwebui_env.items() %}
+Environment="{{ var_name }}={{ value }}"
+{% endfor %}
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'source /.venv/bin/activate && open-webui serve'
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+