[Unit]
Description=pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance %i
Requires=pipeline-remove.service
Before=pipeline-remove.service
BindsTo=pipeline-remove.service

[Service]
PermissionsStartOnly=true
Type=idle
User=root
ExecStart=/path/to/venv/bin/python /pipeline/python/daemons/remove_tickets.py
Restart=always
TimeoutStartSec=10
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=pipeline-remove.service

[Unit]
Description=manages pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sh /usr/bin/pipeline-remove-start.sh
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

#!/bin/bash
systemctl start pipeline-remove@{1..2}

PIPELINE_VIRTUALENV=/path/to/venv

[Unit]
Description=pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance %i
Requires=pipeline-remove.service
Before=pipeline-remove.service
BindsTo=pipeline-remove.service

[Service]
PermissionsStartOnly=true
Type=idle
User=root
EnvironmentFile=/etc/profile.d/pipeline_envvars.sh
ExecStart=/${PIPELINE_VIRTUALENV}/bin/python /pipeline/python/daemons/remove_tickets.py
Restart=always
TimeoutStartSec=10
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=pipeline-remove.service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart pipeline-remove@{1..1}
sudo systemctl status pipeline-remove@{1..1}

● pipeline-remove@1.service - pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance 1
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pipeline-remove@.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-01-26 15:04:50 UTC; 6s ago
  Process: 11716 ExecStart=/${PIPELINE_VIRTUALENV}/bin/python /pipeline/python/daemons/remove_tickets.py (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
 Main PID: 11716 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

Jan 26 15:04:50 dev systemd[1]: pipeline-remove@1.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Jan 26 15:04:50 dev systemd[1]: Unit pipeline-remove@1.service entered failed state.
Jan 26 15:04:50 dev systemd[1]: pipeline-remove@1.service failed.

Jan 26 15:07:13 dev systemd: Starting pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance 1...
Jan 26 15:07:13 dev systemd: Failed at step EXEC spawning /${PIPELINE_VIRTUALENV}/bin/python: No such file or directory
Jan 26 15:07:13 dev systemd: pipeline-remove@1.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Jan 26 15:07:13 dev systemd: Unit pipeline-remove@1.service entered failed state.
Jan 26 15:07:13 dev systemd: pipeline-remove@1.service failed.
Jan 26 15:07:23 dev systemd: pipeline-remove@1.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 26 15:07:23 dev systemd: Started pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance 1.

Failed to start pipeline-remove@1.service: Unit is not loaded properly:
Invalid argument.
See system logs and 'systemctl status pipeline-remove@1.service' for
details.

vagrant@dev:~$ sudo systemctl status pipeline-remove@{1..1}
● pipeline-remove@1.service - pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance 1
   Loaded: error (Reason: Invalid argument)
   Active: inactive (dead)

Jan 26 15:11:39 dev systemd[1]: pipeline-remove@1.service failed.
Jan 26 15:11:42 dev systemd[1]: Stopped pipeline remove tickets worker instances as a service, instance 1.
Jan 26 15:11:42 dev systemd[1]: [/etc/systemd/system/pipeline-remove@.service:12] Executable path is not absolute, ignoring: ${PIPELINE_VIRTUALENV}/bin/python /pipel...e_tickets.py
Jan 26 15:11:42 dev systemd[1]: pipeline-remove@1.service lacks both ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing.