How to run automatically the forwarding when launching service

[superbonaci]

Each time I reboot the computer I have to do this:

cd ~/my-tgcf
source .venv/bin/activate
tgcf-web

That's easy. The problem comes because the forwarding is not started automatically. So I have to login to http://localhost:8501/Run, enter the password and click the red button Run. Is possible to have this Run be executed automatically each time I run the commands above?

[scarlion1]

Run tgcf instead:

 Usage: tgcf [OPTIONS] MODE:{past|live}                                                             
                                                                                                    
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╭─ Arguments ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *    mode      MODE:{past|live}  Choose the mode in which you want to run tgcf.                  │
│                                  [env var: TGCF_MODE]                                            │
│                                  [default: None]                                                 │
│                                  [required]                                                      │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --loud     -l        Increase output verbosity. [env var: LOUD]                                  │
│ --version  -v        Show version and exit.                                                      │
│ --help               Show this message and exit.                                                 │
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ℰ.ℊ.: tgcf live
It will use the tgcf.config.json you already have.

Automate everything when system reboots, with systemd.

① Ensure your Linger is on: loginctl show-user ${USER} | grep Linger.  If no, enable it with: sudo loginctl enable-linger ${USER}.  Or, if no admin access, keep a session open with screen or tmux, and service should start as soon as you login.

② Create a script with your commands:

cat > ~/my-tgcf/my-tgcf.sh <<␃
#!/usr/bin/env bash
cd ~/my-tgcf
source .venv/bin/activate
tgcf live
␃
chmod +x ~/my-tgcf/my-tgcf.sh

③ Create a systemd service file to run the script:

cat > ~/my-tgcf/my-tgcf.service <<␃
[Unit]
Description=my-tgcf
After=network.target

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[Service]
# use the absolute path of the shell script in your server
ExecStart=/home/superbonaci/my-tgcf/my-tgcf.sh
␃

④ Install the service: ln -s ~/my-tgcf/my-tgcf.service ~/.config/systemd/user/

⑤ Enable the service: systemctl --user enable my-tgcf

⑥ Start the service: Stop the instance you have running from tgcf-web, then: systemctl --user start my-tgcf

⑦ Profit?