AppDaemon autostart with systemd

Third party integrations AppDaemon
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I am trying to get AppDaemon to autostart with systemd however I am struggling.

I have a file named [email protected] in /etc/systemd/system folder that looks like:

[Unit]
Description=AppDaemon service for Home Assistant
After=network.target mosquitto.service

[Service]
Type=simple
User=%i
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/appdaemon -c /home/.homeassistant/appdaemon.cfg
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I then used the following commands:

sudo systemctl --system daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable appdaemon@mgranger
sudo systemctl start appdaemon@mgranger

when i type:

sudo systemctl status appdaemon@mgranger

I get the following error:

[email protected] - AppDaemon service for Home Assistant
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2017-04-07 17:38:35 EDT; 239ms ago
  Process: 3880 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/appdaemon -c /.homeassistant/appdaemon.cfg (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 3880 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Apr 07 17:38:35 Finalizer systemd[1]: [email protected]: Unit entered failed state.
Apr 07 17:38:35 Finalizer systemd[1]: [email protected]: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 07 17:38:35 Finalizer systemd[1]: [email protected]: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Apr 07 17:38:35 Finalizer systemd[1]: Stopped AppDaemon service for Home Assistant.
Apr 07 17:38:35 Finalizer systemd[1]: [email protected]: Start request repeated too quickly.
Apr 07 17:38:35 Finalizer systemd[1]: Failed to start AppDaemon service for Home Assistant.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2

What install method did you use? In hassbian that path should be /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/

3

I used the PIP3 method and for home assistant I installed with python as well. I am sorry mine i have tried a couple of different things and forgot to change this back but I did try this as well and I have switched it back to this:

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/appdaemon -c /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/appdaemon.cfg

Also when I run the following from inside of the homeassistant folder in the command line it works but I can’t get autostart to work:

appdaemon -c appdaemon.cfg

4

Hi @grangemd,

I had similar problems 2 days ago… and in this link, they told me how to resolv problem:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/installing-ha-v0-41-0-in-virtualenvt-not-create-hass-file-for-autostart-using-systemd/14999

Hope can help you with your problem.

5

I was able to get home assistant to start with autostart however I am struggling to get app daemon to start.

6

Hi,

As i told you i had the same problem, and i resolve it as link say.

7

So i assume you are talking about the command:

which hass

So i did this with:

which appdaemon

and my result was

/usr/local/bin/appdaemon

This is what i already had in the ExecStart line:

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/appdaemon -c /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/appdaemon.cfg
8

Hello,

First of all, did you try to execute HA manually?

In the case that you did it and worked, then try to chage line “ExecStart” by this one:

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/appdaemon -c “/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/”

And then execute next commands:

sudo systemctl --system daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable appdaemon@mgranger
sudo systemctl start appdaemon@mgranger

And check with the command status if work. But first be sure that you execute HA manually with appdaemon instruction

9

So here is what i have determined and I don’t understand it. From the command line if I run:

/usr/local/bin/appdaemon -c /home/mgranger/.homeassistant/appdaemon.cfg

nothing happens; however if I cd /.homeassistant before I run this command then it works. Not sure why I have to be in the homeassitant folder first though.

10

nothing happens; however if I cd /.homeassistant before I run this command then it works. Not sure why I have to be in the homeassitant folder first though.

I’m not sure, but i understand that in second route, you must specify where is the configuration.yaml file, for HA can initialize with the configuration as you declare.

11

This is kind of how I understand it too. The second route it for the appdaemon.cfg file location (not configuration.yaml) My appdaemon.cfg file is in the /.homeassistant folder

12

Anyone have any other ideas?

13

seems to me that you installed appdaemon in your homeassistant directory.

to start appdaemon you need to be in the directory where it is installed.

14

So do i need to change where it is installed or is there a way to get into the homeassistant directory when I startup?

15

Does it actually start properly from the command line?

16

This would try and run appdaemon as user mgranger. If you have your appdaemon files in the homeassistant user’s directory (/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/appdaemon.cfg), it probably doesn’t have the correct permissions to read or write them.

I suggest renaming the file [email protected] which will run appdaemon as the homeassistant user. This is not only the place where you apparently have your appdaemon files, but is a restricted user, which will prevent appdaemon (or your apps) doing anything it shouldn’t to your system.

17

at first i would advice a visual program to see where you have what files installed.
on windows i use winscp and on the RPI i have the gui active.

programs like that let you easy and fast look through all kind off directories and subdirectories.
that is very helpfull to look at where you have which files installed.

i recommend so etwas because it seems like you dont know exactly where you have installed files at all.

18

aimc yes it works properly if I start it from the command line.

19

gpbenton I have tried running this as [email protected] but I get the same error.

20

ReneTode I am not sure if this is what you are looking for but his is the what I have in each folder using the ls command from the command line.

mgranger@Finalizer:~$ cd appdaemon
    mgranger@Finalizer:~/appdaemon$ ls
    API.md     CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md  HISTORY.md  MANIFEST.in       scripts
    appdaemon  conf                LICENSE.md  README.md         setup.py
    CLA.md     Dockerfile          log         requirements.txt  TUTORIAL.md
    

mgranger@Finalizer:~/appdaemon$ cd conf
    mgranger@Finalizer:~/appdaemon/conf$ ls
    appdaemon.cfg  appdaemon.cfg.example  apps  examples  examples.cfg
   

 mgranger@Finalizer:~/appdaemon/conf$ cd 
    mgranger@Finalizer:~$ cd /etc/systemd/system
    mgranger@Finalizer:/etc/systemd/system$ ls
    [email protected]             hibernate.target.wants
    [email protected]                  [email protected]
    bluetooth.target.wants                      hybrid-sleep.target.wants
    dbus-org.bluez.service                      multi-user.target.wants
    dbus-org.freedesktop.Avahi.service          network-online.target.wants
    dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service  paths.target.wants
    dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service  plexmediaserver.service
    dbus-org.freedesktop.thermald.service       printer.target.wants
    default.target.wants                        shutdown.target.wants
    display-manager.service                     sockets.target.wants
    display-manager.service.wants               suspend.target.wants
    final.target.wants                          sysinit.target.wants
    getty.target.wants                          syslog.service
    graphical.target.wants                      timers.target.wants
    

mgranger@Finalizer:/etc/systemd/system$ cd
    mgranger@Finalizer:~$ cd .homeassistant
    mgranger@Finalizer:~/.homeassistant$ ls
    appdaemon           device_tracker.yaml    pyozw.sqlite
    appdaemon.cfg       google_calendars.yaml  secrets.yaml
    apps                home-assistant.log     sensor.yaml
    automation          home-assistant_v2.db   switch.yaml
    automation.yaml     input_boolean.yaml     tts
    bravia.conf         input_select.yaml      tts.yaml
    camera.yaml         input_slider.yaml      www
    climate.yaml        known_devices.yaml     zwave.yaml
    config              light.yaml             zwcfg_0xcabe0eaa.xml
    configuration.yaml  media_player.yaml      zwcfg_0xdcb2da72.xml
    cover.yaml          notify.yaml            zwscene.xml
    customize.yaml      OZW_Log.txt
    deps                plex.conf
    

mgranger@Finalizer:~/.homeassistant$