Run main script on startup

[mhamidjamil]

Create a new systemd service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/serial_monitoring.service

Add the following content to the file (adjust the details as needed):

[Unit]
Description=My Python Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/your/script.py
Restart=always
User=Your_user_name

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable serial_monitoring.service

Start the service

sudo systemctl start serial_monitoring.service

To list all active services

systemctl list-units --type=service

For troubleshooting

journalctl -u serial_monitoring.service

To check status

sudo systemctl status serial_monitoring.service

To stop service

sudo systemctl stop serial_monitoring.service

[mhamidjamil]

My updated service file:

[Unit]
Description=My Python Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/orangepi/Desktop/projects/orangePi/serial_communication/web/app.py --from-service
Restart=always
User=orangepi

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target