From 01ff4dcd9e2d07bb080b3f09cefc93ca523378e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Grove <me@mgrove.uk>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 11:19:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add example service file

---
 README.md               |  2 +-
 thingy52-bridge.service | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 thingy52-bridge.service

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7c1373..1bf6a55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ MQTT bridge for BLE Nordic Instruments Thingy:52.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Update the parameters found in `app.py` and run it with `python3 app.py`.
+Update the parameters found in `app.py` and run it with `python3 app.py`. To run the app as a service, copy `thingy52-bridge.service` to `/etc/systemd/system/` and edit the path to `app.py` within it.
diff --git a/thingy52-bridge.service b/thingy52-bridge.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7327e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thingy52-bridge.service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Bridge Thingy:52 to MQTT
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network.target network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=service
+ExecStart=python3 /path/to/thingy52-mqtt-bridge/app.py
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=10s
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target