Comment by MuffinFlavored

> Systemd on the other hand has most of the things I need, but I found it cumbersome to use

Could you please expand on this? From what I understand, to use systemd to deploy a microservice is basically one file:

    # /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service
    
    [Unit]
    Description=My Microservice
    After=network.target
    
    [Service]
    ExecStart=/path/to/myservice
    Restart=always
    User=myuser
    Group=mygroup
    Environment=VARIABLE=value
    WorkingDirectory=/path/to/service/directory
    StandardOutput=syslog
    StandardError=syslog
    SyslogIdentifier=myservice
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then, to "use" it:

    # reload systemd
    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    # start service
    sudo systemctl start myservice
    # enable service at boot
    sudo systemctl enable myservice
    # check status
    sudo systemctl status myservice
    # check logs
    journalctl -u myservice

What more advanced stuff were you trying to do that you ran into that made systemd seem cumbersome?