rnsd_user.md

RNS Install (as local user) on fresh Debian Bookworm (12) for fun and profit

As root:

Create a new user (as root)

• Add a new user, set password, you can leave all other questions blank
  • adduser reticulum

Enable linger for user (allows user unit to run when logged out)

• loginctl enable-linger reticulum

Install prerequisites (as root)

• Add in needed Python packages
  • apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip

As new user:

Create Python virtual environment for RNS

• python3 -m venv .venv

Enter new Python virtual environment

• source .venv/bin/activate

Install RNS

• pip install rns

Run rnsd to test and create new RNS config file

• rnsd

Exit rnsd with ^C and edit the config file to your needs

• nano .reticulum/config

Create path and systemd user unit file

• mkdir -p .config/systemd/user
• nano .config/systemd/user/rnsd.service

[Unit]
Description=Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
ExecStart=/home/reticulum/.venv/bin/python3 rnsd

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Check that the service starts

• systemctl --user start rnsd.service
• systemctl --user status rnsd.service

If all is good, then enable the service

• systemctl --user enable rnsd.service

All done!