Systemd Service for homebridge (http://github.com/nfarina/homebridge)

README.md

Systemd service for homebridge

Setup

sudo cp homebridge /etc/default
sudo cp homebridge.service /etc/systemd/system

Config

sudo useradd -M --system homebridge
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/homebridge/plugins
sudo chmod -R homebridge:homebridge /var/lib/homebridge
# Put config.json to /var/lib/homebridge
# Clone plugins to /var/lib/homebridge/plugins

Run service (first time)

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable homebridge
systemctl start homebridge

Check status

systemctl status homebridge

Check journal

journalctl -u homebridge

homebridge

# Defaults / Configuration options for homebridge
# The following settings tells homebridge where to find the config.json file and where to persist the data (i.e. pairing and others)
HOMEBRIDGE_OPTS=-U /var/lib/homebridge -P /var/lib/homebridge/plugins

# If you uncomment the following line, homebridge will log more 
# You can display this via systemd's journalctl: journalctl -f -u homebridge
# DEBUG=*

homebridge.service

[Unit]
Description=Node.js HomeKit Server 
After=syslog.target network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=homebridge
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/homebridge
# Adapt this to your specific setup (could be /usr/bin/homebridge)
# See comments below for more information
ExecStart=/usr/bin/homebridge $HOMEBRIDGE_OPTS
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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