Create process control scripts for Windows/Linux

[jesseward]

• Create an upstart script stop/start the PLS daemon at boot/shutdown.
• investigate options for Windows installations that allow the script to start/stop at boot/shutdown time

[jesseward]

upstart script added in b070402

[jesseward]

Leaving open if someone wants to commit OSX or Windows based scripts..

[hale]

Thanks for adding this!

I wonder though if on Linux we should use systemd instead of upstart. That way we could hook into the existing Plex service.

I'm on Fedora, maybe the Ubuntu version of Plex doesn't use systemd?

mkdir /usr/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d

cat <<EOF > /usr/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/lastfm-scrobbler.conf
[Unit]
Wants=plex.lastfm.scrobbler
After=plex.lastfm.scrobbler
EOF

cat <<EOF > /usr/lib/systemd/system/plex.lastfm.scrobbler.service
[Unit]
Description=Plex Media Server Scrobbler for Last.FM
After=network.target

[Service]
Environment=PLEX_LASTFM_SCROBBLER_HOME=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver
ExecStart=/bin/python "${PLEX_LASTFM_SCROBBLER_HOME}/scripts/plex-scrobbler.py"
User=plex
Group=plex
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
StartLimitInterval=60s
StartLimitBurst=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

---

This is new to me, there will likely be mistakes - and I'm not sure how to handle sourcing the virtualenv - maybe the Environment should be read from plex_scrobble.conf to get a) the directory for the script and b) the directory for the virtualenv.

Let me know what you think :)

[dannymichel]

upstart script added in b070402
Does this mean you added a way to make this a service?
If so, what are the steps to enabling this service or start-up script?

[sbarrett-dev]

@dannymichel if you are using a Windows based machine you might check out https://github.com/shiitake/Plax.FM which will run as a service.