Setting up auto-restart using systemd on Linux
Note
This guide is for setting up systemd on a Linux environment. This guide assumes that you already have a working Red instance.
Creating the service file
In order to create the service file, you will first need to know two things, your Linux username
and your Python path
First, your Linux username
can be fetched with the following command:
whoami
Next, your python path
can be fetched with the following commands:
# If redbot is installed in a venv
source ~/redenv/bin/activate
/usr/bin/which python
Then create the new service file:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/red@.service
Paste the following in the file, and replace all instances of username
with the Linux username you retrieved above, and path
with the python path you retrieved above.
[Unit]
Description=%I redbot
After=multi-user.target
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
ExecStart=path -O -m redbot %I --no-prompt
User=username
Group=username
Type=idle
Restart=on-abnormal
RestartSec=15
RestartForceExitStatus=1
RestartForceExitStatus=26
TimeoutStopSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and exit ctrl + O; enter; ctrl + x
Starting and enabling the service
Note
This same file can be used to start as many instances of the bot as you wish, without creating more service files, just start and enable more services and add any bot instance name after the @
To start the bot, run the service and add the instance name after the @:
sudo systemctl start red@instancename
To set the bot to start on boot, you must enable the service, again adding the instance name after the @:
sudo systemctl enable red@instancename
If you need to shutdown the bot, you can use the [p]shutdown
command or
type the following command in the terminal, still by adding the instance name after the @:
sudo systemctl stop red@instancename
Warning
If the service doesn’t stop in the next 10 seconds, the process is killed. Check your logs to know the cause of the error that prevents the shutdown.
To set the bot to not start on boot anymore, you must disable the service by running the following command, adding the instance name after the @:
sudo systemctl disable red@instancename
You can access Red’s log through journalctl:
sudo journalctl -eu red@instancename