[INFO] HS systemd script

[jon102034050]

I must apologize, there was a typo in my post you followed regarding the curl --user option. Without these past few posts I wouldn't have noticed it. I have fixed it now.

I don't know much about Mono itself either, but I do remember having trouble with 'vbnc.Compiler' when I first started playing with HS3. I took the easy way out, and installed every Mono package I could (on the idea that I would be learning more). I believe that vbnc is the compiler responsible for Visual Basic -> CLR translation. Without it, we can't compile the *.vb scripts to Mono executables. On OpenSuSE, vbnc is part of the mono-basic package. If you have 'Command Not Found' installed, you can search for it with:

$ cnf vbnc

else check the package manager.

-Alex

Ahh, now that you're saying this, it does ring a bell... I think I maybe installed mono complete in order to get around this early on???

[integlikewhoa]

Instructions? I did upgrade mono yesterday from 3.xx to 4.xx to fix some other issues. Instuctions on how to do a complete install would be helpful. Thanks

[jon102034050]

Instructions? I did upgrade mono yesterday from 3.xx to 4.xx to fix some other issues. Instuctions on how to do a complete install would be helpful. Thanks

I'd be very careful with this, as it could break your install.... but, depending on how far into HS you are, that may not be a big deal. Maybe perform a full backup prior to installing this? I'd maybe wait for ARA's advice again on this as a second opinion, but this is what I have installed and working in terms of mono packages

root@nuc:~# dpkg --get-selections | grep mono
ca-certificates-mono                            install
fonts-tlwg-mono                                 install
fonts-tlwg-mono-ttf                             install
libmono-2.0-dev                                 install
libmono-accessibility4.0-cil                    install
libmono-c5-1.1-cil                              install
libmono-cairo4.0-cil                            install
libmono-cecil-private-cil                       install
libmono-cecil-vb0.9-cil                         install
libmono-cil-dev                                 install
libmono-codecontracts4.0-cil                    install
libmono-compilerservices-symbolwriter4.0-cil    install
libmono-corlib4.5-cil                           install
libmono-cscompmgd0.0-cil                        install
libmono-csharp4.0c-cil                          install
libmono-custommarshalers4.0-cil                 install
libmono-data-tds4.0-cil                         install
libmono-db2-1.0-cil                             install
libmono-debugger-soft4.0a-cil                   install
libmono-http4.0-cil                             install
libmono-i18n-cjk4.0-cil                         install
libmono-i18n-mideast4.0-cil                     install
libmono-i18n-other4.0-cil                       install
libmono-i18n-rare4.0-cil                        install
libmono-i18n-west4.0-cil                        install
libmono-i18n4.0-all                             install
libmono-i18n4.0-cil                             install
libmono-ldap4.0-cil                             install
libmono-management4.0-cil                       install
libmono-messaging-rabbitmq4.0-cil               install
libmono-messaging4.0-cil                        install
libmono-microsoft-build-engine4.0-cil           install
libmono-microsoft-build-framework4.0-cil        install
libmono-microsoft-build-tasks-v4.0-4.0-cil      install
libmono-microsoft-build-utilities-v4.0-4.0-cil  install
libmono-microsoft-build4.0-cil                  install
libmono-microsoft-csharp4.0-cil                 install
libmono-microsoft-visualbasic10.0-cil           install
libmono-microsoft-visualc10.0-cil               install
libmono-microsoft-web-infrastructure1.0-cil     install
libmono-oracle4.0-cil                           install
libmono-parallel4.0-cil                         install
libmono-peapi4.0a-cil                           install
libmono-posix4.0-cil                            install
libmono-rabbitmq4.0-cil                         install
libmono-relaxng4.0-cil                          install
libmono-security4.0-cil                         install
libmono-sharpzip4.84-cil                        install
libmono-simd4.0-cil                             install
libmono-smdiagnostics0.0-cil                    install
libmono-sqlite4.0-cil                           install
libmono-system-componentmodel-composition4.0-cil        install
libmono-system-componentmodel-dataannotations4.0-cil    install
libmono-system-configuration-install4.0-cil     install
libmono-system-configuration4.0-cil             install
libmono-system-core4.0-cil                      install
libmono-system-data-datasetextensions4.0-cil    install
libmono-system-data-entity4.0-cil               install
libmono-system-data-linq4.0-cil                 install
libmono-system-data-services-client4.0-cil      install
libmono-system-data-services4.0-cil             install
libmono-system-data4.0-cil                      install
libmono-system-design4.0-cil                    install
libmono-system-drawing-design4.0-cil            install
libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil                   install
libmono-system-dynamic4.0-cil                   install
libmono-system-enterpriseservices4.0-cil        install
libmono-system-identitymodel-selectors4.0-cil   install
libmono-system-identitymodel4.0-cil             install
libmono-system-io-compression-filesystem4.0-cil install
libmono-system-io-compression4.0-cil            install
libmono-system-json-microsoft4.0-cil            install
libmono-system-json4.0-cil                      install
libmono-system-ldap-protocols4.0-cil            install
libmono-system-ldap4.0-cil                      install
libmono-system-management4.0-cil                install
libmono-system-messaging4.0-cil                 install
libmono-system-net-http-formatting4.0-cil       install
libmono-system-net-http-webrequest4.0-cil       install
libmono-system-net-http4.0-cil                  install
libmono-system-net4.0-cil                       install
libmono-system-numerics4.0-cil                  install
libmono-system-reactive-core2.2-cil             install
libmono-system-reactive-debugger2.2-cil         install
libmono-system-reactive-experimental2.2-cil     install
libmono-system-reactive-interfaces2.2-cil       install
libmono-system-reactive-linq2.2-cil             install
libmono-system-reactive-observable-aliases0.0-cil       install
libmono-system-reactive-platformservices2.2-cil install
libmono-system-reactive-providers2.2-cil        install
libmono-system-reactive-runtime-remoting2.2-cil install
libmono-system-reactive-windows-forms2.2-cil    install
libmono-system-reactive-windows-threading2.2-cil        install
libmono-system-runtime-caching4.0-cil           install
libmono-system-runtime-durableinstancing4.0-cil install
libmono-system-runtime-serialization-formatters-soap4.0-cil     install
libmono-system-runtime-serialization4.0-cil     install
libmono-system-runtime4.0-cil                   install
libmono-system-security4.0-cil                  install
libmono-system-servicemodel-activation4.0-cil   install
libmono-system-servicemodel-discovery4.0-cil    install
libmono-system-servicemodel-internals0.0-cil    install
libmono-system-servicemodel-routing4.0-cil      install
libmono-system-servicemodel-web4.0-cil          install
libmono-system-servicemodel4.0a-cil             install
libmono-system-serviceprocess4.0-cil            install
libmono-system-threading-tasks-dataflow4.0-cil  install
libmono-system-transactions4.0-cil              install
libmono-system-web-abstractions4.0-cil          install
libmono-system-web-applicationservices4.0-cil   install
libmono-system-web-dynamicdata4.0-cil           install
libmono-system-web-extensions-design4.0-cil     install
libmono-system-web-extensions4.0-cil            install
libmono-system-web-http-selfhost4.0-cil         install
libmono-system-web-http-webhost4.0-cil          install
libmono-system-web-http4.0-cil                  install
libmono-system-web-mvc3.0-cil                   install
libmono-system-web-razor2.0-cil                 install
libmono-system-web-routing4.0-cil               install
libmono-system-web-services4.0-cil              install
libmono-system-web-webpages-deployment2.0-cil   install
libmono-system-web-webpages-razor2.0-cil        install
libmono-system-web-webpages2.0-cil              install
libmono-system-web4.0-cil                       install
libmono-system-windows-forms-datavisualization4.0a-cil  install
libmono-system-windows-forms4.0-cil             install
libmono-system-windows4.0-cil                   install
libmono-system-xaml4.0-cil                      install
libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil                  install
libmono-system-xml-serialization4.0-cil         install
libmono-system-xml4.0-cil                       install
libmono-system4.0-cil                           install
libmono-tasklets4.0-cil                         install
libmono-webbrowser4.0-cil                       install
libmono-webmatrix-data4.0-cil                   install
libmono-windowsbase4.0-cil                      install
libmono-xbuild-tasks4.0-cil                     install
libmonoboehm-2.0-1                              install
libmonoboehm-2.0-dev                            install
mono-4.0-gac                                    install
mono-csharp-shell                               install
mono-devel                                      install
mono-gac                                        install
mono-mcs                                        install
mono-runtime                                    install
mono-runtime-common                             install
mono-runtime-sgen                               install
mono-vbnc                                       install
mono-xbuild                                     install
mono-xsp4                                       install
mono-xsp4-base                                  install
ubuntu-mono                                     install

[ARA]

I started with Mono 4.x.x so missed the 3.x -> 4.x problems. But I have also heard reports of Mono upgrades breaking HS3 installs. I've kept 4.x.x updated (the minor releases - 4.0.x) and haven't run into any problems yet. And it's always a good idea to keep a backup of the HS3 folder when you start to make changes. I just copy the whole main HomeSeer folder to a backups folder in my home directory.

Here's a list of the Mono packages I have installed:

~:# rpm -qa | grep mono | sort
apache2-mod_mono-3.12-3.2.x86_64
dbus-1-mono-0.63-213.8.x86_64
libmono-2_0-1-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
libmono-2_0-devel-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
libmonoboehm-2_0-1-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
libmonoboehm-2_0-devel-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
libmonosgen-2_0-1-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
libmonosgen-2_0-devel-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-addins-1.2-3.10.noarch
mono-addins-devel-1.2-3.10.noarch
mono-addins-msbuild-1.2-3.10.noarch
mono-basic-4.0.1-3.2.noarch
mono-complete-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-core-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-data-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-data-oracle-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-data-sqlite-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-devel-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
monodevelop-5.10.0-154.4.x86_64
monodevelop-database-5.10-1.2.noarch
monodoc-core-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-extras-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-locale-extras-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-mvc-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-nunit-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-reactive-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-tools-3.10-2.20.noarch
mono-uia-2.1-11.2.x86_64
mono-uia-devel-2.1-11.2.x86_64
mono-wcf-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-web-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-winforms-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
mono-winfxcore-4.0.4-1.8.x86_64
patterns-openSUSE-devel_mono-20150918-12.1.x86_64

Looking over the two lists, you can see that OpenSuSE and Debian/Ubuntu split it into different packages. For vbnc, you'll want to check that the package 'mono-vbnc' is installed. I was able to get a complete set of packages by selecting the pattern for mono-development (I think that brought most everything in, I may have had to select mono-wcf and mono-winforms separately). Jon102034050 will have more relevant advice on this, as the package structure of Ubuntu is closer to Debian.

-Alex

[Kerat]

just migrated my HS to a new version of Raspbian lite

hey all, i was a little confused having to use the systemctl instead of the old init.d, but thanks to you guys I was able to get up and running quickly.

[jon102034050]

hey all, i was a little confused having to use the systemctl instead of the old init.d, but thanks to you guys I was able to get up and running quickly.

Yay! This was my goal with this thread, to help at least 1 person!

[garyd9]

Thank you for this thread. It's a bit cleaner than starting in rc.local, and also allows for a clean shutdown when rebooting the box.

I'm wondering: is there some way to hide the "shutdown" script from HSTouch? I'd hate for my wife to mistakenly shutdown the homeseer server when I'm not home as she'd have no way to get it started again.

Also, in case anyone is interested, you should also be able to put the homeseer.service control file in /usr/local/lib/systemd/system. (I tend to stick any non-distro stuff in /usr/local.)

Take care
Gary

[ARA]

I don't know how to hide events - maybe some combination of virtual devices and user permissions? But as a workaround, you can cause systemd to always restart HS3. In your `homeseer.service` file, change the line:

Restart=on-failure

To:

Restart=always

This will cause systemd to restart HS3 if it exits by any method other than:

systemctl stop homeseer.service

Eg, if the `shutdown` event/script is called via the Web UI or other than with the systemctl command, systemd will detect this and automatically restart HS3.

Thanks for pointing out the alternate unit path, I didn't know about that one. I must remember not to confuse it (/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/) with the system directory (/usr/lib/systemd/system/) as the latter will get overwritten during software instillation and update.

-Alex

[ZoRaC]

I tried the "JSON"-method to perform a shutdown, but I always got an "{ "Response":"Error, running event" }" in return and no shutdown was initiated.

I edited the curl-command in "stop_homeseer.sh":

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/curl 'http://127.0.0.1/LinuxTools' -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8' --data 'ConfirmShutdownhs=Yes' --compressed
sleep 10s

That seems to do the trick!

My homeseer.service:

[Unit]
Description=HomeSeer Server
After=network.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/HomeSeer
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono /usr/local/HomeSeer/HSConsole.exe --log
ExecStop=/usr/local/HomeSeer/scripts/stop_homeseer.sh
Restart=on-failure
TimeoutStopSec=90

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[AutomatedJim]

Restart Entire System via Event?

About to implement this solution to cleanly start, stop HomeSeer and rebooting entire RPi3.

Question, is there a way from an HS Event to manually trigger the HS3 to cleanly shutdown and reboot the RPi3 with what is in this thread?

Thanks,

Jim

[jon102034050]

About to implement this solution to cleanly start, stop HomeSeer and rebooting entire RPi3.

Question, is there a way from an HS Event to manually trigger the HS3 to cleanly shutdown and reboot the RPi3 with what is in this thread?

Thanks,

Jim

I can think of one way to do this, not sure it's the best way, but I'm sure it'd work. Create an event that runs a bash script. Inside of that script, you'd have 1 line (this would shutdown HS cleanly assuming your systemd script works):

shutdown -r now

In fact, you may not need this event... There is a reboot option in the menus already, but I'm not entirely sure how that terminates the HS process. Tools > System > Restart System. Maybe somebody with more knowledge of how this works can chime in.

[AutomatedJim]

Missing something.

After copying homeseer.service to lib/systemd/system/, tried to enable, my results:

pi@RPi3-HS3PRO:~ $ systemctl enable homeseer.service
Failed to execute operation: Access denied

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Jim

[Kerat]

Missing something.

After copying homeseer.service to lib/systemd/system/, tried to enable, my results:

pi@RPi3-HS3PRO:~ $ systemctl enable homeseer.service
Failed to execute operation: Access denied

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Jim

This looks like a permission issue. If you have the root account calling the program you will need to provision access to the HS3 program folder and files.

1. Where is your HS3 program folder?
2. Are you using a specific account to start the service in your systemd init command?



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[jon102034050]

This looks like a permission issue. If you have the root account calling the program you will need to provision access to the HS3 program folder and files.

1. Where is your HS3 program folder?
2. Are you using a specific account to start the service in your systemd init command?



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2nd this. Only thing to add is that systemctl commands need to be ran as root, and it looks like you're calling it as the 'pi' user.

[ARA]

As Kerat and Jon pointed out, this is most likely a permissions issue. The systemd `systemctl` command needs to be executed as root. You also mentioned that you put your `homeseer.service` file in `/lib/systemd/system/`. Normally it's recommended to use either `/etc/systemd/system/` or `/usr/local/systemd/system/` for custom configurations.

As for shutting down the entire system, Jon is correct, a HS3 Event that runs a Bash scrip is maybe the simplest way to do it. I would also note that there are the commands `reboot` and `poweroff` in addition to the traditional `shutdown` command - they all will need to be run as root.

ZoRaC has an interesting solution, in that he uses the actual web interface commands to shutdown HS3. This is simpler (and perhaps cleaner) than having a separate VB scrip as described earlier in the thread. I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but look forward to trying it out. It should also be possible to run the commands for system shutdown and restart. Perhaps he can tell us how he determined the exact curl command to send the HS3 interface?

-Alex