Set Sickbeard to run at boot?

kiniki · 09-28-2011, 03:25 PM

I'm having a problem with the program Sickbeard as it quits whenever I exit Putty. I want it to autorun at boot.

Someone said to run it as a Daemon? But they didn't offer anything more than that!

The command to launch it from the Terminal is

Code:

# python2 SickBeard.py

When I type that it works fine... but if I quit the terminal... it quits.

Can anyone tell me what I need to edit.. or what command I need to type in order for it to just run when the machine is turned on?

I'm really very new to Linux!

Thanks

TobiSGD · 09-28-2011, 03:31 PM

You didn't mention which distribution you are using. The easiest way is to add this command to the file rc.local:

Code:

python2 SickBeard.py &

In Slackware the file is located in /etc/rc.d/ but this may differ from distro to distro, just search for that file in the /etc directory or one of its sub-directories.

kiniki · 09-28-2011, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

You didn't mention which distribution you are using. The easiest way is to add this command to the file rc.local:

Code:

python2 SickBeard.py &

In Slackware the file is located in /etc/rc.d/ but this may differ from distro to distro, just search for that file in the /etc directory or one of its sub-directories.

I think it's ARCH?

kiniki · 09-28-2011, 03:48 PM

There is a file in /etc/rc'd/ with the below info in....

Code:

#!/bin/bash

. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

case "$1" in
  start)
    stat_busy "Starting Sick Beard"
    
    if [ -f /var/run/daemons/sickbeard ]; then
	    echo -n "Sick Beard is already running as a daemon!"
	    stat_fail 
    else
	    su - sickbeard -c "python2 /opt/sickbeard/SickBeard.py  &> /dev/null &" -s /bin/sh
	    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
		    stat_fail
	    else
		    add_daemon sickbeard
		    stat_done
	    fi
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    stat_busy "Stopping Sick Beard"
    
    curl -f http://localhost:8081/home/shutdown/ &> /dev/null

    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
      	    stat_fail
    else
	    rm_daemon sickbeard
      	    stat_done
    fi
    ;;
  restart)
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  *)
    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0

michaelk · 09-28-2011, 04:01 PM

If you are running Arch then to configure a daemon to start at boot:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Daemon

If not not running Arch then a google search should be able to find a howto for your distribution.

kiniki · 09-28-2011, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

If you are running Arch then to configure a daemon to start at boot:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Daemon

If not not running Arch then a google search should be able to find a howto for your distribution.

Followed that guide... added to the list... But it's not working properly

Tried

Code:

/etc/rc.d/sickbeard start

and it's says Already running...

But when I navigate to the web based config on 192.168.7.2:8081 it can't load the page

snooly · 09-28-2011, 05:10 PM

Try going into the sickbeard box with ssh. Then use telnet to see if the sicko server is running, something like this:

telnet 127.0.0.1 8081

If the connection is refused, there is no server running, like this:

telnet 127.0.0.1 8081
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

If there is something listening on port 8081, the output will be different.

Then you can try doing the telnet from another machine, using the IP address you posted above:

telnet 192.168.7.2 8081

Note that you don't want the colon for a telnet session, telnet can take two arguments, the IP address and the port number.

You can kill the telnets if there is a server running and you can't figure out how to make telnet stop.

michaelk · 09-28-2011, 05:12 PM

If a firewall is running does it allow traffic on port 8081?

kiniki · 09-28-2011, 05:29 PM

"Host does not exist"

Firewall port forwarded :-)