Some options how to start FlexGet Automatically on boot
Probably easiest and most compatible if used virtualenv.
crontab -e
put
@reboot /path/to/flexget daemon start -d
To have flexget run as a system unit.
sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/flexget.service
[Unit]
Description=Flexget Daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=daemon
Group=daemon
UMask=000
WorkingDirectory=/etc/flexget
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/flexget daemon start
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/flexget daemon stop
ExecReload=/usr/local/bin/flexget daemon reload
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
The above assumes that there is a daemon user and group available. Modify as needed.
Now, create the location to store flexgets configuration file, logs and database.
sudo mkdir /etc/flexget
sudo chown daemon:daemon /etc/flexget
You can now place your config.yml file in the /etc/flexget directory.
Enable or disable Flexget at boot using :
sudo systemctl enable flexget
sudo systemctl disable flexget
Read the systemd log:
journalctl -u flexget
Control the daemon:
systemctl status flexget
systemctl stop flexget
systemctl start flexget
To have FlexGet accessible as a systemd user unit.
See here for more.
sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/user/flexget.service or vim ~/.config/systemd/user/flexget.service
[Unit]
Description=FlexGet Daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/flexget daemon start
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/flexget daemon stop
ExecReload=/usr/local/bin/flexget daemon reload
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
Allows users who are not logged in to run long-running services.
A user manager is spawned for the user at boot and kept around after logouts.
sudo loginctl enable-linger <username>
Any end-users can enable or disable it using :
systemctl --user enable flexget
systemctl --user disable flexget
Read log:
journalctl --user --user-unit flexget
Control daemon:
systemctl --user status flexget
systemctl --user stop flexget
systemctl --user start flexget
This script allows the flexget daemon to automatically start on system boot.
All of the following should be done as the root user.
First, create a /etc/default/flexget file with the following content :
# Configuration for /etc/init.d/flexget
# User to run flexget as.
# Daemon will not start if left empty.
FGUSER=""
# Full path to the flexget config.yml file to use.
# Defaults to FGUSER $HOME/.flexget/config.yml
CONFIG=""
# Path to the directory where flexget should log. Do not add trailing slash.
# Defaults to the FGUSER $HOME/.flexget directory
LOG=""
# Log verbosity
# Available options : none critical error warning info verbose debug trace
# Defaults to info
LEVEL=""
Please note that FGUSER needs to be defined for the daemon to start. It can be set to your current user, or you can run flexget as its own user.
Then, create the /etc/init.d/flexget file :
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: flexget
# Required-Start: $network $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $network $remote_fs
# Should-Start:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Flexget
# Description: FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool
# for content like torrents, nzbs, podcasts,
# comics, series, movies, etc.
### END INIT INFO
# Author: Antoine Joubert, 19/01/2014
NAME="flexget"
DAEMON="/usr/local/bin/flexget"
SETTINGS="/etc/default/$NAME"
DESC="Flexget"
PIDFILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"
set -e
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
unset FGUSER CONFIG LOG LEVEL
# Exit if flexget not installed
if [ ! -x "$DAEMON" ]; then
log_action_msg "$DESC: Could not find flexget executable. Exiting."
exit 2
fi
# Read configuration variables
if [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ]; then
. /etc/default/$NAME
else
log_action_msg "$DESC: /etc/default/$NAME not found. Exiting."
exit 2
fi
# Exit if FGUSER has not been set in /etc/default/flexget
if [ -z $FGUSER ]; then
log_action_msg "$DESC: FGUSER not set in /etc/default/$NAME. Exiting."
exit 2
fi
# Function to verify if flexget is already running
run_check() {
if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME > /dev/null && RETVAL=0 || RETVAL="$?"
else
RETVAL="2"
fi
}
end_log() {
if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
log_end_msg 0
return 0
else
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi
}
# Function to define config file, log file and log level
conf_check() {
if [ -z "$CONFIG" ]; then
OPTIONS="$OPTIONS"
else
OPTIONS="-c $CONFIG"
fi
if [ -z "$LOG" ]; then
OPTIONS="$OPTIONS"
else
OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -l $LOG/flexget.log"
if [ ! -d "$LOG" ]; then
mkdir -p -m 750 $LOG
chown $FGUSER $LOG
fi
fi
if [ -z $LEVEL ]; then
OPTIONS="$OPTIONS"
else
OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -L $LEVEL"
fi
}
start_flexget() {
run_check
if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
log_action_msg "$DESC: Already running with PID $(cat $PIDFILE). Aborting."
exit 2
else
conf_check
log_daemon_msg "$DESC: Starting the daemon."
start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --chuid $FGUSER \
--user $FGUSER --exec $DAEMON -- $OPTIONS daemon start
RETVAL=$?
end_log
fi
}
stop_flexget() {
run_check
if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
log_daemon_msg "$DESC: Stopping the daemon."
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --chuid "$FGUSER" --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --retry 30
RETVAL=$?
[ -e "$PIDFILE" ] && rm -f "$PIDFILE"
end_log
else
log_action_msg "$DESC: Not currently running. Aborting."
exit 2
fi
}
status_flexget() {
run_check
if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
log_action_msg "$DESC: Currently running with PID $(cat $PIDFILE)."
else
log_action_msg "$DESC: Not currently running."
fi
exit $RETVAL
}
case "$1" in
start)
start_flexget
;;
stop)
stop_flexget
;;
restart)
stop_flexget && sleep 2 && start_flexget
;;
status)
status_flexget
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
esac
exit 0
Then, give executions rights to the script :
chmod +x /etc/init.d/flexget
And then, generate the necessary symlinks for the service to start on boot :
insserv -d flexget
OR
update-rc.d flexget defaults
To start, stop or check if the daemon is running :
/etc/init.d/flexget start
/etc/init.d/flexget stop
/etc/init.d/flexget status
OR
service flexget start
service flexget stop
service flexget status
sudo nano /etc/init/flexget.conf
# Flexget daemon autostart
description "Flexget daemon"
author "Kempe / Shrike"
start on (filesystem and networking) or runlevel [2345](/2345)
stop on runlevel [016](/016)
respawn
respawn limit 5 30
# Will not respawn if flexget daemon is stopped or killed/terminated
normal exit 0 TERM
env user=<YOURUSERNAME>
# to find your local run the locale command an example local would be en_US.utf8
env LANG=<YOUR UTF-8 LOCALE>
#log levels none, critical,error, warning, info, verbose, debug, trace
env loglvl=info
exec start-stop-daemon -S --chuid $user --user $user --exec /usr/local/bin/flexget -- --loglevel $loglvl daemon start
Read log:
sudo tail -f /var/log/upstart/flexget.log
Control daemon:
sudo status flexget
sudo stop flexget
sudo start flexget