From b4571b0c1e5a904286619e6929bbbe157461b1d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "rtrp@factory1" <rtrp@factory1.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:59:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] create a Systemd service file.

This file is used to start the program at startup. It, also, restarts the
program if it crashes or throws an exception. The usual scenario which
causes the program to crash is the 'max. requests exceeded' exception in
the 'requests' module (Python). When that happens, this 'restart' service
has a 60 seconds wait period -- which acts as a 'backoff' period.

You will need to copy the .service file to the appropriate systemd
location, 'daemon-reload' systemctl, enable the service and start the
service. You will need to look-up how to do that -- this info. is beyond
the scope of this commmit.
---
 light-meter.service | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 light-meter.service

diff --git a/light-meter.service b/light-meter.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..281b5b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light-meter.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Light-Meter service for Return to Ritherdon project by Nicola Ellis
+After=network.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=bash /home/rtrp/repos/light-meter/startup.sh
+WorkingDirectory=/home/rtrp/repos/light-meter
+StandardOutput=inherit
+StandardError=inherit
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=60
+user=rtrp
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target