Supported init systems

The installer detects the init system and registers the appropriate service. In every case the service restarts the agent if it dies, which is also how updates take effect: the binary is swapped, the process exits, the init system brings it back on the new version.

Init system	Platforms	Service file
systemd (system)	Modern Linux	/etc/systemd/system/thinr-agent.service
systemd (user)	Modern Linux, unprivileged installs	~/.config/systemd/user/thinr-agent.service
launchd (system)	macOS	/Library/LaunchDaemons/io.thinremote.agent.plist
launchd (user)	macOS, unprivileged installs	~/Library/LaunchAgents/io.thinremote.agent.plist
OpenRC	Alpine, Gentoo, embedded distros	/etc/init.d/thinr-agent
SysV init	Legacy Linux	/etc/init.d/thinr-agent + /etc/rc*.d/ symlinks
Upstart	Legacy Ubuntu, older CentOS	/etc/init/thinr-agent.conf

Controlling the service

# systemd
systemctl status|start|stop|restart thinr-agent
systemctl --user status thinr-agent          # user install

# macOS
sudo launchctl list | grep io.thinremote.agent
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/io.thinremote.agent.plist   # user install

# OpenRC / SysV
service thinr-agent status|start|stop|restart

User-mode start at boot (Linux)

A user-mode systemd service only runs while that user has a session. Enable lingering so it starts at boot without a login:

loginctl enable-linger $USER