[Dxspider-support] Autostarting/Respawning on Ubuntu 18.04

[Ron Gibson]

Hi folks,

Here's what I did for my dxspider.service file:
Adjust your tty as needed.

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# DXSpider startup script
#
# This service maintains a getty on tty5 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.

[Unit]
Description=DXSpider on tty5
After= network.target auditd.service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl
StandardInput=tty
StandardOutput=tty
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=process
TTYPath=/dev/tty5
Restart=on-failure
RestartPreventExitStatus=255
User=spider

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
#WantedBy=network.target
Alias=dxspider.service


On 4/24/2020 4:41 PM, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support wrote:
> sudo systemctl enable dxspider
>
> But when I last tried it gave me errors, which I did not understand, 
> but I rebooted and it magically sprung into life.
>
> I find Google very helpful when I get stuck :-)
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
> On 24/04/2020 21:01, IK5ZUK Luigi via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> Hi Dirk,
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>
>> As root, I've copyed the dxspider.service file into the folder 
>> /etc/systemd/system, done the 'systemctl start dxspider' (with 
>> 'systemctl reload' spider doesn't start), but if I make a system 
>> reboot, spider doesn't start automatically. After system reboot I 
>> need to do again the 'systemctl start dxspider' command....
>>
>> What I have to do to start spider automatically at system boot ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance !
>>
>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>
>>
>> Luigi - IK5ZUK
>> Qth: Pisa
>> Locator: JN53FQ
>> Mail: ik5zuk at tiscali.it
>>
>> Il 24/04/2020 21.43, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
>>> 18.04 does not support /etc/initrc or stuff in /etc/init.d. In 
>>> /spider, you will find that there is a file called dxspider.service. 
>>> You need to put that into /etc/systemd/system.
>>>
>>> You will then need to do a 'sudo systemctl reload' then check 
>>> whether it has started. If not then do a 'systemctl start dxspider' 
>>> - failing that, just reboot and it should spring into life.
>>>
>>> I have not yet done the instructions for an installation of mojo 
>>> onto a new computer. I will be doing an install script soon. If I am 
>>> feeling adventurous, I might even do a .deb!
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>>
>>> On 24/04/2020 20:35, IK5ZUK Luigi via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>> Hello all,
>>>> I've made a fresh new spider installation over Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 
>>>> system. Now, as the final step, I need to make spider autostarting 
>>>> at system startup and also respawing: I've tryed to create the 
>>>> script dxspider.conf placed in /etc/init/ folder with the following:
>>>>
>>>> #DXSpider startup script
>>>> #
>>>> # This service maintains a getty on tty7 from the point the system is
>>>> # started until it is shut down again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> start on runlevel [2345]
>>>> stop on runlevel [!2345]
>>>>
>>>> respawn
>>>>
>>>> exec /bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" 
>>>> >/dev/tty7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> but unfortunately, after doing "telinit q" [or system reboot] 
>>>> nothing happens: spider doesn't start automatically.
>>>>
>>>> Please, could someone give me some help ?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance !
>>>>
>>>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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