Appdaemon install test app locks up

Third party integrations AppDaemon
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I’m installing appdaemon. Everything seemed to go right for a non-docker install. When I try to run the test helloworld app, I get the following

(hass) hass@hass:~/appdaemon$ appdaemon -c conf/appdaemon.cfg
2016-12-08 21:50:24.142874 INFO AppDaemon Version 1.3.6 starting
2016-12-08 21:50:29.262724 INFO Got initial state
2016-12-08 21:50:29.264057 INFO App initialization complete

and it just sits there. Here is my appdaemon.cfg file
(hass) hass@hass:~/appdaemon/conf$ cat appdaemon.cfg
[AppDaemon]
ha_url = http://localhost:8123
#ha_key =
logfile = STDOUT
errorfile = STDERR
app_dir = /conf/apps
threads = 10
latitude: 35.189788
longitude: -89.708958
elevation: 104
time_zone: America/Chicago
# Apps
[hello_world]
module = hello
class = HelloWorld

Thanks
Chip

2

Try changing stderr to a file so you can see the error messages

3

try giving the whole path of your appdir.
i think that appdaemon starts correct but it looks at the wrong place for apps.

4

ok, that worked. Is it not supposed to exit back to the command prompt after it finishes running helloworld?

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5

no appdaemon is a program that runs constantly.
like hass it should run untill the end off days.

you dont want an automation to run once and then restart the program again for the next automation :wink:

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6

Just making sure I shouldn’t get the command prompt back, the documentation didn’t say which left me wondering when I was left with a blinking cursor and no instructions on how to get back to the command prompt. Ctrl-Z worked great :slight_smile:

7

closing the terminal works also :wink:

8

I’m trying to move my apps directory. I copied the entire contents of my current apps directory to the new location and I updated the conf/appsdaemon.cfg file to point to the new directory. When I exited the editor as expected, the appdaemon log shows that the appdaemon.cfg was modified. But then nothing.
The old directory was /home/hass/appdaemon/conf/apps
the new directory is /home/hass/code/appdaemon

Any thoughts?

never mind, it started working after I stopped and restarted AD and HA