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Start pypiserver at boot

To ensure that pypiserver software starts up automatically at boot, create a new Linux service and use systemd to manage it.

Create a start up script

Create a startup script that the service will manage, call it start-pypi-server.sh. Add the following content to it:

#! /bin/bash
/home/pi/.local/bin/pypi-server -p 8080 /home/pi/minirepo/ &

Add script to path

Copy the script to /usr/bin and make it executable:

sudo cp start-pypi-server.sh /usr/bin/start-pypi-server.sh
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/start-pypi-server.sh

Create a unit file to define a systemd service.

Create a unit file and name it pypiserver.service:

GNU nano 3.2         /lib/systemd/system/pypiserver.service                  
 
[Unit]
Description=A minimal PyPI server for use with pip/easy_install.
 
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/bin/start-pypi-server.sh
User=pi
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

This defines a basic service. The ExecStart directive specifies the command that will be run to start the service.

Copy the unit file to /etc/systemd/system and give it permissions:

sudo cp pypiserver.service /etc/systemd/system/pypiserver.service
sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/pypiserver.service

Start and Enable the Service

Once you have created a unit file, you can test the service:

sudo systemctl start pypiserver

Check the status of the pypiserver service:

sudo systemctl status pypiserver

This will produce output similar to this:

$ sudo systemctl status pypiserver
● pypiserver.service - A minimal PyPI server for use with pip/easy_install.
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pypiserver.service; enabled; vendor prese
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-02-07 19:17:05 CAT; 2h 19min ago
  Process: 420 ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/bin/start-pypi-server.sh (code=exited, s
 Main PID: 441 (pypi-server)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 408.0M
   CGroup: /system.slice/pypiserver.service
           └─441 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/.local/bin/pypi-server -p 8080 /home/p
 
Feb 07 19:17:05 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting A minimal PyPI server for use w
Feb 07 19:17:05 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started A minimal PyPI server for use wi

To stop or restart the service:

sudo systemctl stop pypiserver
sudo systemctl restart pypiserver

Finally, use the enable command to ensure that the service starts whenever the system boots:

sudo systemctl enable pypiserver