# Raw-exec driver used to start a aervice through systemd

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/raw-exec-driver-used-to-start-a-aervice-through-systemd/58311>\
**Category:** Nomad\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/raw-exec-driver-used-to-start-a-aervice-through-systemd/58311 "2023-09-18T03:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![masuberu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/masuberu/32/23944_2.png) [@masuberu](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/masuberu)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/raw-exec-driver-used-to-start-a-aervice-through-systemd/58311/1 "2023-09-18T03:25:00Z")

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Dear Nomad community,

I have a Nomad job with a task as below:

```auto
variable "datacenter" {
  type = string
}

job "munge" {
  priority = 95
  datacenters = ["${var.datacenter}"]
  type = "system"
  group "munge" {

    restart {
      attempts = 500
      delay = "2s"
      mode = "fail"
    }

    task "munge" {
      driver = "raw_exec"
      user = "root"
      config {
        command = "systemctl"
        args = ["start", "munge"]
      }
    }
  }
}

```

The tasks gets executed and the service starts according to journalctl however Nomad does not seems to realize and keeps restarting

this is the issue according to Nomad logs

```auto
Sep 18 05:18:09 nid002546 nomad[80426]: 2023-09-18T05:18:09.539+0200 [INFO] client.alloc_runner.task_runner: Task event: alloc_id=15891105-6272-56fb-1b79-e102ecda7b34 task=munge type=Terminated msg="Exit Code: 0" failed=false
Sep 18 05:18:09 nid002546 nomad[80426]: 2023-09-18T05:18:09.590+0200 [DEBUG] client.driver_mgr.raw_exec.executor.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: alloc_id=15891105-6272-56fb-1b79-e102ecda7b34 driver=raw_exec task_name=munge err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
Sep 18 05:18:09 nid002546 nomad[80426]: 2023-09-18T05:18:09.592+0200 [INFO] client.driver_mgr.raw_exec.executor: plugin process exited: alloc_id=15891105-6272-56fb-1b79-e102ecda7b34 driver=raw_exec task_name=munge path=/usr/local/bin/nomad pid=91412
Sep 18 05:18:09 nid002546 nomad[80426]: 2023-09-18T05:18:09.592+0200 [DEBUG] client.driver_mgr.raw_exec.executor: plugin exited: alloc_id=15891105-6272-56fb-1b79-e102ecda7b34 driver=raw_exec task_name=munge
Sep 18 05:18:09 nid002546 nomad[80426]: 2023-09-18T05:18:09.592+0200 [INFO] client.alloc_runner.task_runner: restarting task: alloc_id=15891105-6272-56fb-1b79-e102ecda7b34 task=munge reason="Restart within policy" delay=2.470656639s

```

Why Nomad keeps restarting the service and what can I do so Nomad is happy?