autostart with custom config file?

[faltim]

I build a .service file to autostart the program with my own config file:

[Unit] Description=AirUPnP bridge After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target

[Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/var/lib/airconnect/airupnp-arm -x configfile Restart=on-failure RestartSec=30

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

It was just a try, but it doesn't work at all. Is there a possibility to autostart the program with a custom config file?

[philippe44]

why didn't you use the one in the README and just added "-x configfile"? Problem in your example is that you did not daemonize (-z) the application, so the servcie cannot work as expected (forking)

[faltim]

because of my naming and enable/disable settings of my devices

[philippe44]

understood but I meant you just have to use the example and add "-x configfile" on the ExecStart line, why removing the rest of the options? The absence of "-z" is the problem

[faltim]

It doesn't work. I tried it with the following line of code in my .service file ExecStart=/var/lib/airconnect/airupnp-arm -x configfile -z The Programm still starts with the default configuration.

thx for your help and this nice program :)

[philippe44]

I assumed that "configfile" was just symbolic of the actual configuration file. You need to give the fully qualified path of the real config file, otherwise the application does not know where to find it. So, for example , use -x /var/lib/airconnect/config-upnp.xml"

[faltim]

It works! Thank you!