From fee593840ef25c4bbddf6e61a86a182178b60ead Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: selfhoster1312 <selfhoster1312@kl.netlib.re>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:11:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: /run/gatus is created by systemd service on every boot

---
 debian/gatus/DEBIAN/postinst                  | 2 --
 debian/gatus/etc/gatus/gatus.yaml             | 2 +-
 debian/gatus/etc/systemd/system/gatus.service | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/gatus/DEBIAN/postinst b/debian/gatus/DEBIAN/postinst
index 9a2c153..9bf4572 100755
--- a/debian/gatus/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/debian/gatus/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 adduser --group --system gatus
 mkdir -p /var/lib/gatus
 chown -R gatus: /var/lib/gatus
-mkdir -p /var/run/gatus
-chown -R gatus: /var/run/gatus
 systemctl daemon-reload
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/gatus/etc/gatus/gatus.yaml b/debian/gatus/etc/gatus/gatus.yaml
index 893de25..6be2043 100644
--- a/debian/gatus/etc/gatus/gatus.yaml
+++ b/debian/gatus/etc/gatus/gatus.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use-privileged-ping: true
 web:
-  socket: /var/run/gatus/gatus.sock
+  socket: /run/gatus/gatus.sock
 storage:
   type: "sqlite"
   path: "/var/lib/gatus/gatus.sqlite"
diff --git a/debian/gatus/etc/systemd/system/gatus.service b/debian/gatus/etc/systemd/system/gatus.service
index 23f0a8b..a0d2255 100644
--- a/debian/gatus/etc/systemd/system/gatus.service
+++ b/debian/gatus/etc/systemd/system/gatus.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 Type=exec
 User=gatus
 Group=gatus
+RuntimeDirectory="gatus"
+RuntimeDirectoryMode=0770
 Environment=GATUS_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/gatus/gatus.yaml
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gatus
 TimeoutStopSec=5s