Can someone help with Systemd setup?

[millaw73]

What am I doing something wrong?

• I installed using the GitHub clone method and I'm trying to set it up to actively watch and scrobble automatically in the background. Any pointer? Running this on Debian 10.
• I tried with: ExecStart=plextraktsync watch without success before changing to: ExecStart=/home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync watch
• Below is what my Systemd entry looks like.

[Unit]
Description=PlexTraktSync watch daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync watch
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
User=jackboy
Group=jackboy

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[stevietv]

I think you need to do this: ExecStart /usr/bin/python3 - m /path/to/plextraktsync watch Havent tried it but that's be my guess

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[millaw73]

Thanks a lot for the prompt response. I'll try that in a bit and provide feedback.

[glensc]

/home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh - use existing path to script.

ls -l /home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh to test that script exists.

[glensc]

@stevietv python3 -m wants module name as an argument so that will not work. also, you need to change the directory to git checkout dir with git installation mode.

• https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0338/

[millaw73]

I ran /home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh as directed and the result is below:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jackboy jackboy 85 Jan 1 18:25 /home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh

• Does that mean I should use the following instead: ExecStart=/home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh watch or is there something else that must be added before "watch"?

Really appreciate the help.

[stevietv]

If you can run this /home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh watch and get a valid output then you likely need to do this:

ExecStart=/home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh watch

[glensc]

interesting post I found how to run docker containers in systemd:

• https://blog.container-solutions.com/running-docker-containers-with-systemd

it's not my recommendation or answer on how to proceed but some may find this useful.

[millaw73]

I'm really grateful for all the help. In case anyone wants to implement this, but doesn't know how, here's how I did it below:

• sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/PlexTrackSync.service

Then copy the entry below and paste to your window and make changes where indicated:

[Unit]
Description=PlexTraktSync watch daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/jackboy/PlexTraktSync/plextraktsync.sh watch (change this to your install path)
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
User=jackboy (use your username here)
Group=jackboy (use your username here)

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save it with Ctrl + X and answer Y, then enter.
Now do the following:

Reload the service files to include the new service.

• sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Start service

• sudo systemctl start PlexTrackSync.service

Check status of service

• sudo systemctl status PlexTrackSync.service

Enable service to load on every reboot

• sudo systemctl enable PlexTrackSync.service

[Rocknrolldoggie]

Hi Millaw73

Was a bit nervous giving this a go but your post made it sound so simple & all went well except when checking status it constantly shows as "Activating" . Any ideas ?

Solved it: had to remove the .sh after plextraktsync.sh watch