How to run VMware Container Service Extension (CSE) as Linux Service?

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After installing CSE please follow the steps below to run it as a service.

Create cse.sh file

Create cse.service file. You can copy the following code or create new one based on following link.
container-service-extension/cse.sh at master · vmware/container-service-extension (github.com)

# vi /opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
export CSE_CONFIG=/opt/vmware/cse/encrypted-config.yaml
export CSE_CONFIG_PASSWORD=<passwd>
cse run

Copy encrypted-config.yaml to /opt/vmware/cse directory.

Change the file permission

chmod +x /opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh

Create cse.service file

Create cse.service file. You can copy the following code or create new one based on following link.
container-service-extension/cse.service at master · vmware/container-service-extension (github.com)

vi /etc/systemd/system/cse.service
[Unit]
Description=Container Service Extension for VMware Cloud Director

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/vmware/cse
Type=simple
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Enable and start the service

# systemctl enable cse.service
# systemctl start cse.service

Check the service status

# systemctl status cse.service
  cse.service - Container Service Extension for VMware Cloud Director
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/cse.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-11-24 14:43:56 +01; 1min 9s ago
 Main PID: 770 (bash)
   CGroup: /system.slice/cse.service
           ├─770 bash /opt/vmware/cse/cse.sh
           └─775 /usr/local/bin/python3.7 /usr/local/bin/cse run

Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com cse.sh[770]: Validating CSE installation according to config file
Nov 24 14:44:06  cse.sh[770]: MQTT extension and API filters found
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com cse.sh[770]: Found catalog 'cse-site1-k8s'
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com  cse.sh[770]: CSE installation is valid
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com cse.sh[770]: Started thread 'MessageConsumer' (140229531580160)
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com l cse.sh[770]: Started thread 'ConsumerWatchdog' (140229523187456)
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com  cse.sh[770]: Container Service Extension for vCloud Director
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com  cse.sh[770]: Server running using config file: /opt/vmware/cse/encrypted-config.yaml
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com  cse.sh[770]: Log files: /root/.cse-logs/cse-server-info.log, /root/.cse-logs/cse-server-debug.log
Nov 24 14:44:06 cse01.lab.com  cse.sh[770]: waiting for requests (ctrl+c to close)