Arch Linux service installation

[blueapex]

Hi, for the purposes of learning mainly, I'm trying to do things the hard way and set up my TellStick Duo on Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi. I've got it all compiled fine, but I can't figure out how to run (and set up to auto run) the telldusd daemon using the new systemd service handling that Arch has shifted to.

Any help appreciated.

[snis]

Hi,

You know there is a package in AUR, i.e. telldus-core.

From that package I have /etc/rc.d/telldusd that can be used in rc.conf to autostart.

Anyway the "hard" way:

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#!/bin/bash

daemon_name=telldusd

. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

get_pid() {
        pidof -o %PPID $daemon_name
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    stat_busy "Starting $daemon_name daemon"

    PID=$(get_pid)
    if [ -z "$PID" ]; then
      [ -f /var/run/$daemon_name.pid ] && rm -f /var/run/$daemon_name.pid
      # RUN
      $daemon_name &
      #
      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
        stat_fail
        exit 1
      else
        echo $(get_pid) > /var/run/$daemon_name.pid
        add_daemon $daemon_name
        stat_done
      fi
    else
      stat_fail
      exit 1
    fi
    ;;

  stop)
    stat_busy "Stopping $daemon_name daemon"
    PID=$(get_pid)
    # KILL
    [ ! -z "$PID" ] && kill $PID &> /dev/null
    #
    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
   stat_fail
      exit 1
    else
      rm -f /var/run/$daemon_name.pid &> /dev/null
      rm_daemon $daemon_name
      stat_done
    fi
    ;;

  restart)
    $0 stop
    sleep 3
    $0 start
    ;;

  status)
    stat_busy "Checking $daemon_name status";
    ck_status $daemon_name
    ;;

  *)
    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
esac

exit 0

[snis]

Hi,

sorry missed the systemd part.

I have converted my old Arch installation to systemd a week ago and made this service:

/etc/systemd/system/telldus.service

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# Telldusd service unit file
#

[Unit]
Description=Telldus-core service telldusd
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
#User=

#Clean up
#ExecStartPre=rm /var/run/telldusd.pid
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/telldusd
ExecStop=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
PIDFile=/var/run/tellddusd.pid
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

It is working for me, but this was also the first systemd service file I attempted to write....

[ali123]

Nice post-----------