Not able to run zigbee2mqtt as a service

[RefineryX]

Followed the Running Zigbee2mqtt in Virtual Environment docs perfectly. Then at step 5: Running as a daemon with systemctl....

I create the filesudo nano /etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service and add

[Unit]
Description=zigbee2mqtt
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'source /opt/zigbee2mqtt/bin/activate; /opt/zigbee2mqtt/bin/npm start'
WorkingDirectory=/opt/zigbee2mqtt
StandardOutput=inherit
StandardError=inherit
Restart=always
User=dietpi

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I check start sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt

Upon checking the status, I get this error

dietpi@SmartHome:~$ sudo systemctl status zigbee2mqtt
● zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-02-21 15:37:26 GMT; 1min 32s ago
  Process: 1479 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c source /opt/zigbee2mqtt/bin/activate; /opt/zigbee2mqtt/bin/npm start (code=exited, status=217/USER)
 Main PID: 1479 (code=exited, status=217/USER)

Feb 21 15:37:26 SmartHome systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Feb 21 15:37:26 SmartHome systemd[1]: Stopped zigbee2mqtt.
Feb 21 15:37:26 SmartHome systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 21 15:37:26 SmartHome systemd[1]: Failed to start zigbee2mqtt.
Feb 21 15:37:26 SmartHome systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 21 15:37:26 SmartHome systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[RefineryX]

Actually... the above error was down to the fact I don't have a pi user on my system - instead I use diepi user. I corrected this and rebooted - however it does not start upon boot.

dietpi@SmartHome:~$ sudo systemctl status zigbee2mqtt
● zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)

I started again sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt and checked the status and it looks as though its online.

Do you know how I can get this to run after a restart?

[RefineryX]

Fixed. Had to enable using sudo systemctl enable zigbee2mqtt.service - wasn't clear in the virtual environment documentation. Having to switch between to pages.

[mercs600]

For everyone else who doesn't use virtual env. I got the same issue but with clean installation. I used node as runner instead of npm.

ExecStart=/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v10.15.3/bin/node index.js

Please make sure your node path is correct by:

whereis node

[Sir-Ironic]

WORKS !!!! Really thanks.

2 days to read and try everything nodejs (v12.16.3) is installed from root and haven't pi user, juste 'root' and i created 'jeed'

So, i just replace :

ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start by ExecStart=/root/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/bin/node index.js
and User=pi by User=root

Now, service is launched at boot

[JaraZem]

2024.06.19 WORKS !!!

So, i change :

User=pi >>>>> User=root

my file today looks:

[Unit] Description=zigbee2mqtt After=network.target

[Service] Environment=NODE_ENV=production Type=notify ExecStart=/usr/bin/node index.js WorkingDirectory=/opt/zigbee2mqtt StandardOutput=null StandardError=inherit WatchdogSec=10s Restart=always RestartSec=10s User=root

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

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AČIŪ !!!

[adnev]

Hi! I am facing this the same problem of the second post at every restart. Active: inactive (dead) I need to use the systemctl restart zigbee2mqtt command to make it run.

@JaraZem Thanks for the solution but is it safe to use the root user to run z2m ?