Ubuntu 20.04 – start program after boot
edit or create the rc.local file:
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sudo nano /etc/rc.local |
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#!/bin/bash <your_program>.sh exit 0 |
make rc.local executable:
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sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local |
edit /etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service:
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sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service |
add this content to rc.local.service:
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ # # This file is part of systemd. # # systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # This unit gets pulled automatically into multi-user.target by # systemd-rc-local-generator if /etc/rc.local is executable. [Unit] Description=/etc/rc.local Compatibility Documentation=man:systemd-rc-local-generator(8) ConditionFileIsExecutable=/etc/rc.local After=network.target [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/etc/rc.local start TimeoutSec=0 RemainAfterExit=yes GuessMainPID=no [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target |
enable rc.local by service:
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sudo systemctl enable rc-local.service |
start rc.local by service:
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sudo systemctl start rc-local.service |
check the rc.local status:
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sudo systemctl status rc-local.service |
create file rc.local :