ERROR:systemctl: nextcloud.service: Failed to parse service type, ignoring: exec

[staeglis]

Is the exec service type unsupported at this time? During our tests in our Gitlab CI we get an error with the following unit.

[Unit]
Description=Nextcloud Cloud Storage
Requires=apache2.service fail2ban.service mariadb.service php8.1-fpm.service redis-server.service
After=apache2.service fail2ban.service mariadb.service php8.1-fpm.service redis-server.service
RequiresMountsFor=/nextcloud/local/userdata

[Service]
Type=exec
User=www-data
ExecStart=/usr/bin/php -f /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --off
ExecStop=/usr/bin/php -f /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:mode --on

[gdraheim]

I did not know about that service type but the official documentation says it is just another variant of the service type "simple" that simply waits for the "exec" to be performed. That's the default in the systemctl-replacement so that it boils down to be an alias. This can be added quite quickly.