How to start webiopi_custom at startup as service

[Pablo Osuna]

Hello. I´m trying to run the webiopi_custom.py as a service at startup. I just can run it as service with  sudo ./webiopi_custom.daemon start but at startup the service do no run again. Adding sudo update-rc.d webiopi defaults just run the default webiopi page. May you tell how to solve this. Thanks in advance. Pablo.

[trouch]

Hi

First, edit webiopi_custom.daemon to change two lines :

# Provides:          webiopi

to

# Provides:          webiopi_custom

and

NAME=webiopi

to

NAME=webiopi_custom

Then :

sudo cp webiopi_custom.daemon /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom

sudo update-rc.d webiopi_custom defaults.

sudo update-rc.d webiopi remove

Take not I removed the .daemon extension when copying the startup script

Eric.

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Pablo Osuna <pos...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello. I´m trying to run the webiopi_custom.py as a service at startup. I just can run it as service with  sudo ./webiopi_custom.daemon start but at startup the service do no run again. Adding sudo update-rc.d webiopi defaults just run the default webiopi page. May you tell how to solve this. Thanks in advance. Pablo.

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[Pablo Osuna]

Thanks for your answer. This is what I did;

Orginal file:

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          webiopi

# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog

# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5

# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

# Short-Description: WebIOPi initscript

# Description:       WebIOPi initscript

### END INIT INFO

# Author: trouch <tro...@trouch.com>

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

DESC="WebIOPi Custom"

NAME=webiopi-custom

HOME=.

DAEMON=/usr/bin/python

DAEMON_ARGS="webiopi_custom.py"

PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid

SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

New file:

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          webiopi_custom

# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog

# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5

# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

# Short-Description: WebIOPi initscript

# Description:       WebIOPi initscript

### END INIT INFO

# Author: trouch <tro...@trouch.com>

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

DESC="WebIOPi Custom"

NAME=webiopi_custom

HOME=.

DAEMON=/usr/bin/python

DAEMON_ARGS="webiopi_custom.py"

PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid

SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

Then

pi@raspberrypi ~/WebIOPi-0.5.3/examples/custom $ sudo cp webiopi_custom.daemon /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo update-rc.d webiopi_custom defaults

update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing

insserv: script webiopi_custom is not an executable regular file, skipped!

insserv: script webiopi: service webiopi already provided!

Wha could it be wrong?

[trouch]

You have to add execution flag :

sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom

Eric / trouch.

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[Pablo Osuna]

pi@raspberrypi /etc/init.d $ sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom

pi@raspberrypi /etc/init.d $ sudo update-rc.d webiopi_custom defaults

update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing

insserv: script webiopi_custom: service webiopi_custom already provided!

insserv: exiting now!

update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header

Thanks Pablo

[Pablo Osuna]

Eric, I really appreciate your help. do you have any ideas. Thanks in advance

[Pablo Osuna]

FINALLY SOLVED.

Eric, I am grateful for your support.

 

Step 1

Copy your customized html file to  /usr/share/webiopi/htdocs/index.html

pi@raspberrypi ~/WebIOPi-0.5.3/examples/custom $ sudo cp index.html /usr/share/webiopi/htdocs/index.html

Step 2

Edit webiopi_custom.daemon changing DAEMON ARGS wtih path where your customized py is located

pi@raspberrypi ~/WebIOPi-0.5.3/examples/custom $ sudo nano webiopi_custom.daemon

! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides:          webiopi

# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog

# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog

# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5

# Default-Stop:      0 1 6

# Short-Description: WebIOPi initscript

# Description:       WebIOPi initscript

### END INIT INFO

# Author: trouch <tro...@trouch.com>

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

DESC="WebIOPi Custom"

NAME=webiopi-custom

HOME=.

DAEMON=/usr/bin/python

DAEMON_ARGS="/home/pi/WebIOPi-0.5.3/examples/custom/webiopi_custom.py"

PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid

SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

Step 3

Copy to /etc/init.d/ and rename as webiopi_custom (without .daemon) 

pi@raspberrypi ~/WebIOPi-0.5.3/examples/custom $ sudo cp webiopi_custom.daemon /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom

Step 4

Add execution flag 

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom

Step 5

Check if it starts as service:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom start

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom status

[ ok ] webiopi-custom is running.

Step 6 

To verify open a brower to the ip of your Pi
http://raspberrypi:8000/webiopi/

Step 7

Setup your system to starts webiop_custom at startup :

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo update-rc.d webiopi_custom defaults

update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing

insserv: script webiopi: service webiopi already provided!

Step 8

You may restart your Pi, and wait until your customized project starts alone.

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo shutdown -r now

Broadcast message from root@raspberrypi (pts/0) (Mon Jan 28 07:00:29 2013):

The system is going down for reboot NOW!

Step 9

Check it working

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom status

[ ok ] webiopi-custom is running.

Step 10 

Finally open a brower to the ip of your Pi
http://raspberrypi:8000/webiopi/

[trouch]

I'm happy you finally found the solution by yourself !

We certainly missed something at the beginning, I don't have any error on my side.

Thanks for giving steps to follow here.

Eric.

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[Pablo Osuna]

This step were on wheezy-raspbian. But then I installed WebIOPi on Raspbmc and had troubles with final command sudo update-rc.d webiopi_custom defaults. I dont know exactly  the reason but I think on Raspbmc boot services must be "Upstart Jobs". http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/ What I did is make a file webiopi_config.conf and put it on /etc/init/ to start as upstart job:

Replace Step 7 with following commands:

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo touch /etc/init/webiopi_custom.conf

pi@raspbmc:~$ sudo nano /etc/init/webiopi_custom.conf copy/paste next

#webiopi_custom as Upstart Job

start on xbmc-started

stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

exec sudo /etc/init.d/webiopi_custom start

then control+x --> yes ---> enter