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Autostart d-rats and d-rats repeater on Rpi 4
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I have been able to install the linux versions of d-rats and the d-rats repeaters on a Rpi 4.? I can start each from a command prompt when the RPi has booted to a GUI but not directly from the GUI.? And I am unable to make those 2 programs start at boot automatically when running headless and remotely.? Any ideas??? ? SFARES uses D-RATS extensively in our Emergency Communications System.? Our deepest thanks go to the team that brought D-RATS alive again as a WL2K hotspot. ? 73 de N4VIP, Don Hinsman 73 de N4VIP, Don - SFARES Inc. Treasurer and Secretary |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýDon,? I use this file (attached) to start the d-rats_repeater as a service. The file contents are listed below in case the file doesn¡¯t make it. On a Linux system: 1. Decide ?what user you want to own and run the d-rats processes. I created a user specifically to run the d_rats service and a robot client. I used user name and group opendv for mine. Login as that user and setup d-rats_repeater so the appropriate folders and configuration files are created. Test by running it manually and connecting to it. 2. Edit the User opendv line in the file d-rats_repeater.service to match the user name from step 1. 3. Copy the file d-rats_repeater.service to: /etc/systemd/system/ 4. Enter the following systemdctl commands to enable and start the service: systemctl enable d-rats_repeater.service systemctl start d_rats_repeater.service The d-rats_repeater should now be running as a service as the user specified in the .service file. It should also start automatically when the system reboots, or if the program ¡®crashes¡¯. I set my system to auto-login the user opendv (change yours to the user name you picked in step #1) and run the d_rats client at user login. I don¡¯t know of another way to auto start the client because it requires a display. You don¡¯t have to connect the display, but the client needs the GUI environment. I¡¯ve used this on a raspberry pi and on my Fedora Linux machine and it¡¯s worked pretty much without a hitch once setup. Contents of the .service file are listed below. Hope this helps get you going! 73 de Mike, N0SO (an old D-RATS guy) Contents of file d-rats_repeater.service #================= [Unit] Description=D-RATS Repeater Proxy After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=simple #Edit the next line to name the user you want the d-rats_repeater to run as. The user MUST exist User=opendv ExecStart=/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/d-rats_repeater -C TimeoutSec=0 RemainAfterExit=yes SysVStartPriority=99 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target On Jan 23, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Donald Hinsman <dhinsman@...> wrote:
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