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Version: 2.4.6

Set up auto-starting after booting

This can be useful to automatically restart SENSR-I for example in the case after a power outage. To launch sensr at startup, follow this

  1. Prerequisites: Install SENSR-I, SENSR-I Web FE.
    • Assuming SENSR-I has installed in /opt/sensr/SENSR.sh and SENSR-I WEB FE in /opt/web_fe/start.sh.
  2. Set up project by launching SENSR-I in GUI mode
  3. Create system service files (change User=root part and other values accordingly):
    • To auto-start SENSR-I itself as a non-GUI mode
      $ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sensr.service
      [Unit]
      Description=SENSR I
      After=multi-user.target
      [Service]
      Type=simple
      WorkingDirectory=/opt/sensr
      ExecStart=/opt/sensr/SENSR.sh -n
      Restart=always
      RestartSec=5
      KillSignal=SIGKILL
      User=root
      [Install]
      WantedBy=default.target
      EOF
    • To auto-start SENSR-I Web FE
      $ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sensr-web.service
      [Unit]
      Description=SENSR I
      After=multi-user.target
      [Service]
      Type=simple
      WorkingDirectory=/opt/web
      ExecStart=/opt/web_fe/start.sh 192.168.50.25 5000
      Restart=always
      User=root
      [Install]
      WantedBy=default.target
      EOF
  4. Register and enable as a service
    • Enable as a system service
      $ sudo systemctl enable sensr.service
      $ sudo systemctl enable sensr-web.service
    • Start service
      $ sudo systemctl start sensr.service
      $ sudo systemctl start sensr-web.service
    • Check status
      $ systemctl status sensr.service
      $ systemctl status sensr-web.service
  5. At this point, SENSR-I should be running after reboot, or forced termination
    • Open a new shell, monitor sensr process by running
      $ journalctl -u sensr.service -f
    • Terminate argos_master_i to mimic failure
      $ sudo pkill argos_master_i
    • Monitor logs with previous journalctl command
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