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Set path for config.cfg when starting server.py

See original GitHub issue

When starting server.py on startup with a systemd unit, the execution is handled by root and the command needs to specify the full path of both python and eps, e.g.

[Unit]
Description=Electrum Personal Server
After=bitcoind.service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/bitcoin/electrum-personal-server/server.py

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

This gives the error message Non-existant configuration file 'config.cfg', as the script assumes that it is started from within the installation directory.

$ sudo systemctl start eps.service
$ sudo systemctl status eps.service
● eps.service - Electrum Personal Server
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/eps.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)

Mar 30 01:21:02 RaspiBolt systemd[1]: Started Electrum Personal Server.
Mar 30 01:21:02 RaspiBolt python3[13963]: 01:21:02,712804 [  LOG] Non-existant configuration file 'config.cfg'

Is it possible to set the full path for the config.cfg on startup, or do you know of a better way to handle the automatic start with systemd on boot?

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:6 (6 by maintainers)

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chris-belchercommented, Mar 30, 2018

Ah sorry that was silly of me. The file config.cfg isn’t the only one which is accessed.

I recoded it so the user configures the current working directory https://github.com/chris-belcher/electrum-personal-server/commit/f33934059b084bc80ad1f2e39a0997114104a604, then every file like debug.log and the SSL certs should be correctly located. It should work, I tested this time much more.

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chris-belchercommented, Mar 30, 2018

Thanks for the issue. I think the best way to solve this is to allow setting the full path to the config file

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