From ca4988951fddbaed37761614e2959b3f389b1552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: henrygd <hank@henrygd.me>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:21:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add SKIP_SYSTEMD env var (#1448)

---
 agent/systemd.go | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/agent/systemd.go b/agent/systemd.go
index 7e9f4eef..97b75a0a 100644
--- a/agent/systemd.go
+++ b/agent/systemd.go
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/henrygd/beszel/internal/entities/systemd"
 )
 
-var (
-	errNoActiveTime = errors.New("no active time")
-)
+var errNoActiveTime = errors.New("no active time")
 
 // systemdManager manages the collection of systemd service statistics.
 type systemdManager struct {
@@ -32,9 +30,12 @@ type systemdManager struct {
 
 // newSystemdManager creates a new systemdManager.
 func newSystemdManager() (*systemdManager, error) {
+	if skipSystemd, _ := GetEnv("SKIP_SYSTEMD"); skipSystemd == "true" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	conn, err := dbus.NewSystemConnectionContext(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Warn("Error connecting to systemd", "err", err, "ref", "https://beszel.dev/guide/systemd")
+		slog.Debug("Error connecting to systemd", "err", err, "ref", "https://beszel.dev/guide/systemd")
 		return nil, err
 	}