Debian systemd service for xrit-rx

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Debian systemd service for xrit-rx

1. Download xrit-rx.service
2. Edit WorkingDirectory in xrit-rx.service to the location of xrit-rx on your system
3. Copy xrit-rx.service to /etc/systemd/system (sudo cp xrit-rx.service /etc/systemd/system)
4. Reload systemd daemons (sudo systemctl daemon-reload)
5. Start xrit-rx service (sudo systemctl start xrit-rx.service)
6. Check service is running (systemctl status xrit-rx.service)
7. Check console output of xrit-rx (sudo journalctl -u xrit-rx.service)
8. Enable service to run at startup (sudo systemctl enable xrit-rx.service)

xrit-rx.service

# xrit-rx service for systemd

[Unit]
Description=xrit-rx - LRIT/HRIT Downlink Processor
Documentation=https://github.com/sam210723/xrit-rx
Wants=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/xrit-rx
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 xrit-rx.py
StandardOutput=journal
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
Nice=-5

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target