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BenediktSeidl committed Apr 26, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -234,10 +234,13 @@ standard input and output available to a unix socket::
borg-server:~$ socat UNIX-LISTEN:/run/borg/reponame.sock,fork EXEC:"borg serve --append-only --restrict-to-path /path/to/repo"

.. note::
When used in production you may also use a systemd service together with a
socket_ configuration file to start the borg serve command.
When used in production you may also use systemd socket-based activation
instead of socat on the server side. You would wrap the ``borg serve`` command
in a `service unit`_ and configure a matching `socket unit`_
to start the service whenever a client connects to the socket.

.. _socket: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.socket.html
.. _service unit: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html
.. _socket unit: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.socket.html

Socat will wait until a connection is opened. Then socat will execute the
command given, redirecting Standard Input and Output to the unix socket. The
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