Upstart
This guide assumes you used the Linux guide to install Red, you are using Python 3.5.x and that your Linux distribution uses Upstart.
Run this command in terminal:
sudo nano /etc/init/red.conf
Next, paste the following script, replace USERNAME with your linux account name and USERGROUP with your user’s group (usually the same as the username, but you can check with groups username in the terminal.)
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [016]
respawn
chdir /home/USERNAME/Red-DiscordBot
setuid USERNAME
setgid USERGROUP
exec python3.5 red.py --no-prompt
Save with CTRL+O.
You can now start Red using
sudo start red
Other available commands:
sudo stop red
sudo restart red
systemd
This guide assumes you used the Linux guide to install Red, you are using Python 3.5.x and that your Linux distribution uses systemd (Example: Ubuntu 15.04 or newer).
Run this command in terminal:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/red.service
Next, paste the following script, replace, username with your linux account name and usergroup with your user’s group (usually the same as the username, but you can check with groups username in the terminal.)
[Unit]
Description=Red-DiscordBot
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/username/Red-DiscordBot
User=username
Group=usergroup
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3.5 /home/username/Red-DiscordBot/red.py --no-prompt
Type=idle
Restart=always
RestartSec=15
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save with CTRL+O.
You can now start Red using
sudo systemctl start red.service
If you want Red to start automatically on boot, you can do
sudo systemctl enable red.service
If you need to view Red’s log, you can do
sudo journalctl -u red.service
Other available commands:
sudo systemctl stop red.service
sudo systemctl restart red.service
pm2
This guide will show you how to install pm2 and set your Red instance to autorestart with it.
First, the requirements, node.js and npm:
cd ~
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Verify that you have the proper node.js version by doing node -v. You should see v7.0.0.
Finally, to install pm2:
npm install pm2 -g
Now we are going to use pm2 to launch Red
cd into your Red’s installation directory and find out the location of your Python installation by doing which python3.5
Use the path that you got from the above command as the argument in the command shown below (no need for brackets)
pm2 start red.py --name "Red-Discordbot" --interpreter <path to python 3.5/3.6> -- --no-prompt
Verify that everything went fine with
pm2 status
To enable auto startup on critical errors and boot use
pm2 startup
If you aren’t root it will show you a command that you need to issue before this will take effect.
You can also monitor your Red instance online at https://keymetrics.io/