Setup opsdroid as a user service on a Raspberry Pi 3
SETUP OPSDROID LIKE NORMAL
SETUP OPSDROID LIKE NORMAL
pip3 install opsdroid
Run opsdroid once to build a config opsdroid
SETUP LOCAL PI USER SERVICE
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
cd ~/.config/systemd/user
nano opsdroid.service
COPY THE FOLLOWING INTO THE EDITOR:
[Unit] Description=Opsdroid After=multi-user.target
[Service] User=%i Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/home/pi ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/opsdroid Restart=on-abort
[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
CTRL-o and CTRL-x to save and exit
Enable user lingering for systemd
sudo loginctl enable-linger pi
Enable the service as a user systemctl --user enable opsdroid
Start the service systemctl --user start opsdroid
To stop, restart, and get the status of the service use the following commands: systemctl --user stop opsdroid
systemctl --user restart opsdroid
systemctl --user status opsdroid
