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Install the Discovery Module - Linux - Configuring the Services (with systemctl)

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Install the Discovery Module - Linux - Configuring the Services (with systemctl)

If your OS provides access to systemctl, follow these instructions. We want the Discovery services (daemons) to run as their own user. To do this:

  1. Create a new User and Group named "Discovery", as follows:

    2. sudo groupadd Discovery

    sudo useradd -M -s /bin/nologin -g Discovery -d /opt/Discovery Discovery

  1. Then change the owner of the Discovery directory to the new "Discovery" user:

    2. sudo chown Discovery:Discovery /opt/Discovery -R

  1. If you look in Discovery's "bin" directory (/opt/Discovery/platform/bin) you'll see two scripts: logiDataService.sh and logiApplicationService.sh. Both of these scripts need to be run to start the full Discovery server. In this next section, we'll configure a service to start and stop the Discovery server.

    First, we'll configure the application service:

    2. sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/LogiApplicationService.service


    Include these items in the LogiApplicationService.service file:

    Next, for the data service:

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/LogiDataService.service


    Include these items in the LogiDataService.service file:



  1. Finally, run this command so systemd picks up the changes:

    2. sudo systemctl daemon-reload


    And then start the services:

    sudo service LogiDataService start
    sudo service LogiApplicationService start



Now run this test to see if the server responds:

curl localhost:3000

If you receive a message that says "Cannot GET /" then the installation was successful. Congratulations!

Start Services on Boot

If you'd like to have both services start on boot, do this:

sudo systemctl LogiApplicationService enable
sudo systemctl LogiDataService enable