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--- guides:farming:chia_autostart_linux [2021/09/06 11:43] – step 3 - enable chia service aj
+++ guides:farming:chia_autostart_linux [2023/08/13 15:43] (current) – old revision restored vleesbanaan
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 ====== Chia Autostart (Linux) ======
-Running Chia as a service has several benefits, the main one being this always ensures your node / farm is running. Example given: When your farm reboots unexpectedly the service will auto start your farm after boot. You can also use this to autostart your node or harvester (change the startup script accordingly).
+Running Chia as a service has several benefits, the main one being this always ensures your node / farm is running. Example given: When your farm reboots unexpectedly the service will auto start your farm after boot. You can also use this to autostart only the node or harvester (change the startup script accordingly).
-===== Step 1 - Create a Chia startup script =====
+===== Step 1 - Create the Chia service =====
-Use your prefered editor to create the following text file and save it (eg: startfarm.sh)
+Create the Chia service: ''sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/chia@.service'' and paste the following service:
-//Note: Replace {USERNAME} with the name of the user having Chia installed.
+//Note: Replace {USERNAME} (2x) with the name of the user having Chia installed.
-//<code>
-#!/bin/bash
-/usr/bin/env bash -c 'cd /home/{USERNAME}/chia-blockchain && . ./activate && chia start farmer' 2>/dev/null
-</code>
-After saving use ''chmod +x startfarm.sh'' to set the correct permissions. You can now execute the script to test if this starts up your farm: ''./startfarm.sh''.
-===== Step 2 - Create the Chia service =====
-Create the Chia service: ''nano /etc/systemd/system/chia.service'' and paste the following service:
-//Note: Replace {USERNAME} (3x) with the name of the user having Chia installed.
 //<code>
 [Unit]
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 [Service]
 Type=forking
-RemainAfterExit=no
+User={USERNAME}
-User={username}
+WorkingDirectory=/home/{USERNAME}/chia-blockchain
-WorkingDirectory=/home/{username}/chia-blockchain
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c ". ./activate && chia start %i && deactivate"
-ExecStart=/home/{username}/startfarm.sh
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/bash -c ". ./activate && chia stop -d all && deactivate"
 Restart=always
 [Install]
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 </code>
-===== Step 2 - Create the Chia service =====
+===== Step 2 - Reload systemd manager =====
-Create the Chia service: ''sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/chia.service'' and paste the following service:
+Reloading the systemd manager is needed to work with our new service.
-//Note: Replace {USERNAME} (3x) with the name of the user having Chia installed.
+<code>
-//<code>
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-[Unit]
-Description=Chia Service
-[Service]
-Type=forking
-RemainAfterExit=no
-User={username}
-WorkingDirectory=/home/{username}/chia-blockchain
-ExecStart=/home/{username}/startfarm.sh
-Restart=always
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
 </code>
-==== Step 3 - Enable the Chia service ====
+===== Step 3 - Enable the Chia service =====
-You should now be able to see the service running ''sudo systemctl status chia'':
+The service can take an argument after the '@'. Use this argument to start the required chia service.
+For example, to enable the farmer:
 <code>
-$ sudo systemctl status chia
+sudo systemctl enable --now chia@farmer
-● chia.service - Chia Service
+</code>
-   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/chia.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
-   Active: inactive (dead)
+Running ''sudo systemctl status chia@farmer'' will now give the following output:
+<code>
+$ systemctl status [email protected]
+● chia@farmer.service - Chia Service
+     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/chia@.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
+     Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-12-10 21:40:53 CET; 21s ago
+    Process: 13500 ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c . ./activate && chia start farmer && deactivate (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
+   Main PID: 13514 (chia_daemon)
+      Tasks: 17 (limit: 9278)
+     Memory: 1.4G
+     CGroup: /system.slice/system-chia.slice/[email protected]
+             ├─13514 chia_daemon
+             ├─13520 chia_harvester
+             ├─13521 chia_farmer
+             ├─13522 chia_full_node
+             └─13523 chia_wallet
+Dec 10 21:40:47 chia systemd[1]: Starting Chia Service...
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia bash[13501]: Daemon not started yet
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia bash[13501]: Starting daemon
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia bash[13501]: chia_harvester: started
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia bash[13501]: chia_farmer: started
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia bash[13501]: chia_full_node: started
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia bash[13501]: chia_wallet: started
+Dec 10 21:40:53 chia systemd[1]: Started Chia Service.
 </code>
-Enable the service by running: ''sudo systemctl enable chia''
+It should say "Active: active" and "enabled" in the Loaded section.
-Start the service by running: ''sudo systemctl start chia''
-When you reboot the system, Chia should automatically start up.
+From now on, when you reboot the system, Chia should automatically start up.