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To start the pisignage-server on reboot in linux systems, you need to add a init service in init.d, upstart or systemd (check what is used in your server)

This is an example for Systemd, Courtesy: Martyn Scott Bell

  1. Create startup file for pisignage at /etc/systemd/system/pisignage.service using your favorite editor

    [Unit]
Description=pisignage Player -  Server Software
#Include the After directive to make sure mongodb is running
After=mogodb.service


[Service]
# Key `User` specifies that the server will run under the pisignage user 
# Hash User & Group out if you want root to run it
#User=pisignage
#Group=pisignage 
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
WorkingDirectory=/root/pisignage-server
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /root/pisignage-server/server.js >> /var/log/pisignage.log 2>&1
#StandardOutput=
#StandardError=/var/log/pisignageserver.log
Environment=NODE_ENV=development PORT=3000
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  2. Update the systemd service with the command stated below.

    systemctl daemon-reload

  3. Start the service with systemcl.

    sudo systemctl start pisignage

  4. Check if the service has started properly.

    sudo systemctl status pisignage

    The output to the above command will show active (running) status with the PID and Memory/CPU it is consuming.

  5. Enable auto start MongoDB when system starts.

    sudo systemctl enable pisignage

  6. To Stop the service with systemcl.

    sudo systemctl stop pisignage

  7. To check the server log file.

    sudo journalctl -u pisignage.service -n 200

    Above command display last 200 lines from log.