run systemd ExecStart command as login shell

[f6p]

For example:

Rails 5.2 introduced encrypted credentials. One way master key can be stored is via ENV["RAILS_MASTER_KEY"]. If ExecStart is not executed as login shell variables set in .bashrc are not available, credentials decrypted and app crashes here and there depending on how they are referenced.

Would it be possible to wrap systemd template command in /bin/bash -lc "..."?

Cheers 🍷

[m0n9oose]

You don't really need this. Just set your env variable like this:

Environment=MASTER_KEY=your_master_key_string