pistreaming Autostart at reboot

Hey guys,

is there an easy way to autostart the script at reboot? already tried the crontab.

@reboot python3 /home/pi/pistreaming/server.py but this is not working.

Feb 05 '21 11:02 DivineJimmi

Try @reboot /usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/pistreaming/server.py

crontab is very touchy about paths

also make sure you “sudo crontab -e” to edit

Feb 05 '21 16:02 rainripples

@rainripples This isnt working for me. Its still not starting at boot.

Feb 05 '21 19:02 DivineJimmi

There are always multiple ways to start scripts on the raspberry pi. Maybe check general sources on how to start python scripts on startup.

Check this link which uses systemd. This seems to be the best option (in 2022). Older approaches using rc.local are deprecated https://medium.com/codex/setup-a-python-script-as-a-service-through-systemctl-systemd-f0cc55a42267

Below is my file mycamera.service which sits in /etc/systemd/system.

Go to: cd /etc/systemd/system Open the editor sudo nano mycamera.service Pase the code, only change required is YOURUSERNAME, which is the username of your raspberrypi.

[Unit]
Description=MY CAMERA
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/YOURUSERNAME/pistreaming
Type=simple
Restart=always
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 server.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Ctrl + x to exist the editor. Confirm Y you want to save

Now enable this to boot up on restart sudo systemctl enable mycamera.service You can also start the service right away by sudo systemctl start mycamera.service

Dec 15 '22 13:12 Notnagel