Systemd service not automatically starting at boot (since v9.7?)

Troubleshooting
1

Hello friends.

I created an additional systemd service under

/etc/systemd/system/PlexTraktSync.service

[Unit]
Description=PlexTraktSync watch daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/root/.local/pipx/venvs/plextraktsync/bin/plextraktsync watch
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
User=root
Group=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

and then added it in the dietpi-launcher under “Services” via “add”, so DietPi could control it during updates etc.

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State
Mode
Include/Exclude
all work like a charm. but after every reboot/boot up the State jumps back to “inactive”
and I need to manually set it back to active again.

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Tl;dr:
State switches from “active” to “inactive” after reboot/bootup

this systemd worked before 9.7 perfectly. it seems 9.7 update did something?

any ideas?

2

Can you have a look into the logs of the service, maybe we find some hints there what is going on.

3

you mean the logs of the systemd service? where do I find these?

here the status page:

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once I manually trigger the state to active the program does what it should do.

4 
journalctl -u PlexTraktSync.service

Can you also check

systemctl is-enabled PlexTraktSync.service

You can also try to set Restart=always in your service file.

5

again this morning, after boot-up, the service was back on “inactive” in the dietpi-launcher - “Services” overview.

journalctl -u PlexTraktSync.service

output:

root@DietPi:~# journalctl -u PlexTraktSync.service
-- Journal begins at Sun 2024-09-15 08:35:38 CEST, ends at Sun 2024-09-15 08:43:56 CEST. --
Sep 15 08:35:58 DietPi systemd[1]: Started PlexTraktSync watch daemon.
Sep 15 08:36:00 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: INFO     Connecting with url:
Sep 15 08:36:00 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          https://192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406.plex.direct:3240
Sep 15 08:36:00 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          0, timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b406326840
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          6.plex.direct', port=32400): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          0x7fb230d64310>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111]
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          Connection refused'))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: WARNING  Adding rewritten http url to connect with:
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          http://192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406.plex.direct:32400
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: INFO     Connecting with url: http://192.168.8.152:32400, timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    HTTPConnectionPool(host='192.168.8.152', port=32400): Max retries
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          exceeded with url: / (Caused by
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          0x7fb230d64670>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111]
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          Connection refused'))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: INFO     Connecting with url:
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          https://172-104-139-30.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406.plex.direct:844
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          3, timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    HTTPSConnectionPool(host='172-104-139-30.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b40632684
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          06.plex.direct', port=8443): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          by SSLError(SSLEOFError(8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          (_ssl.c:1123)')))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    HTTPSConnectionPool(host='172-104-139-30.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b40632684
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          06.plex.direct', port=8443): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          by SSLError(SSLEOFError(8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          (_ssl.c:1123)')))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: INFO     Connecting with url: http://172.104.139.30:8443, timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          connection without response'))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: INFO     Connecting with url: http://localhost:32400, timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    HTTPConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=32400): Max retries exceeded
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          with url: / (Caused by
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          0x7fb230c945b0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111]
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          Connection refused'))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: INFO     Connecting with url:
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          http://192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406.plex.direct:32400
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          , timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: ERROR    HTTPConnectionPool(host='192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          .plex.direct', port=32400): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          0x7fb230c94d90>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111]
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]:          Connection refused'))
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi plextraktsync[1790]: CRITICAL Error running watch command: No more methods to connect. Giving up
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi systemd[1]: PlexTraktSync.service: Succeeded.
Sep 15 08:36:01 DietPi systemd[1]: PlexTraktSync.service: Consumed 1.347s CPU time

weirdly I get here error messages directly after a fresh boot up.

But when triggering to “active” via the dietpí-launcher GUI it works first

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and then repeat

journalctl -u PlexTraktSync.service

I get output:

Sep 15 08:59:13 DietPi systemd[1]: Started PlexTraktSync watch daemon.
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]: INFO     Connecting with url:
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]:          https://192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406.plex.direct:3240
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]:          0, timeout 30 seconds
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]: INFO     Listening for events!
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]: INFO     Server connected: DietPi (1.41.0.8992-8463ad060)
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]: INFO     Starting AlertListener:
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]:          wss://192-168-8-152.96154ff6a9c2479c94d88b4063268406.plex.direct:32400/
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]:          :/websockets/notifications?X-Plex-Token=<hidden>
Sep 15 08:59:14 DietPi plextraktsync[4760]: INFO     Websocket connected

systemctl is-enabled PlexTraktSync.service

output:

root@DietPi:~# systemctl is-enabled PlexTraktSync.service
enabled
6

I tried to set Restart=always in my service file. and then I typed

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start PlexTraktSync.service
sudo systemctl enable PlexTraktSync.service

after that It seems that the service stays active after reboot. im not sure if it was because of the Restart=alwayschange or rather because of

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start PlexTraktSync.service
sudo systemctl enable PlexTraktSync.service
7

Probably the service is starting to early and would need to be delayed on boot.

8

It seems to work now, but just in case. How would I delay PlexTraktSync.service?

9

Yes, I think it tries to connect to your plex server to early.

You could modify your service file so it’s waiting for the plex server before it tries connect to it.

 [Unit]
   Description=PlexTraktSync watch daemon
   After=network.target plexmediaserver.service
   Requires=plexmediaserver.service
10

thanks