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OSX Runner service fails to start

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug

When I ssh into my OSX box, and try to start the service, I receive the following error: Could not find domain for port (Aqua)

The command I’m running is cd actions-runner && ./svc.sh install

The ./run.sh command works without issue

To Reproduce ./svc.sh start

Expected behavior

The service starts
Rebooting the machine starts the service automatically

Runner Version and Platform

Version of your runner? osx-x64-2.165.2

OS of the machine running the runner? OSX/Windows/Linux/… OSX Catalina

What’s not working?

Could not find domain for port (Aqua)

Job Log Output

$ ./svc.sh install
Creating launch runner in /Users/xxx/Library/LaunchAgents/actions.runner.xxx-xxx.xxx-build-osx.plist
Creating /Users/xxx/Library/Logs/actions.runner.xxx-xxx.xxx-build-osx
Creating /Users/xxx/Library/LaunchAgents/actions.runner.xxx-xxx.xxx-build-osx.plist
Creating runsvc.sh
Creating .service
svc install complete

Runner and Worker’s Diagnostic Logs

N/A

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:19 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

7reactions

jl-gogovappscommented, Mar 1, 2020

Looks like this did the trick for me!

sudo cp {/Users/xxx/Library/LaunchAgents,/Library/LaunchDaemons}/your.plist

I was able to reboot my machine without logging in and see the runner active

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raphaelcruzeirocommented, Dec 1, 2020

This is happening on a fresh macOS install.

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