emby-server doesn't autostart

[leb0rtran 0]

Hi,

 

I installed emby on debian, but it doesn't start up automatically (not on os startup, not if I press the restart button in emby and not if emby does updates).

I can start it perfectly with

 

services emby-server start

as root

 

Can anybody help?

[gardar 16]

To get it to run on boot you can try one of these:

update-rc.d emby-server defaults

or

systemctl enable emby-server.service

[thefirstofthe300 292]

Based on how he is starting the server, it looks like he is running a Debian version that is shipping with Upstart or SysV init, so he would need to run the first command.

[leb0rtran 0]

I already tried the first command without luck

 

update-rc.d emby-server defaults

 

But should't emby restart correctly without the startup on boot if I press the restart button in the webui?

I think there a problem elsewhere.

Do I need to set some user rights which are not set at install?

I installed and started emby as root, but the process is run as normal user (also called emby at my machine) (at least the "services emby-server status" command indicates this)

[gstuartj 40]

What do your server logs look like when you try to restart?

[hurricanehrndz 149]

I already tried the first command without luck

update-rc.d emby-server defaults

But should't emby restart correctly without the startup on boot if I press the restart button in the webui?

I think there a problem elsewhere.

Do I need to set some user rights which are not set at install?

I installed and started emby as root, but the process is run as normal user (also called emby at my machine) (at least the "services emby-server status" command indicates this)

What distribution are you on? Ubuntu 14.04 has a bug, and we haven't been able to figure out how to get it to successfully restart without error on that distribution. 

[thefirstofthe300 292]

Try chkconfig --add emby-server.  If you are running Debian stable, you have SysV as the init system so update-rc.d isn't going to work.

[geaves 13]

I have emby running on a ubuntu 14.04 server, and emby will not restart from the gui, but I use webmin as a gui frontend sometimes the emby daemon stops if a restart has been initiated, but I can restart it from within webmin and it uses this script;

 

1 description "emby-server daemon"

2

3 start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)

4 stop on runlevel [!2345]

5

6 console log

7 respawn

8 respawn limit 10 5

9

10 kill timeout 20

11

12 script

13 set -x

14 echo "Starting $UPSTART_JOB"

15

16 # Log file

17 logger -t "$0" "DEBUG: `set`"

18 exec /usr/bin/emby-server start

19 end script

20

21 post-stop script

22 exec /usr/bin/emby-server clear

23 end script

24

 

I have no idea if this may have some relevance or even be helpful, I just know that this will restart emby, from within webmin this is also set to run at boot.

[hurricanehrndz 149]

 

I have emby running on a ubuntu 14.04 server, and emby will not restart from the gui, but I use webmin as a gui frontend sometimes the emby daemon stops if a restart has been initiated, but I can restart it from within webmin and it uses this script;

 

1 description "emby-server daemon"

2

3 start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)

4 stop on runlevel [!2345]

5

6 console log

7 respawn

8 respawn limit 10 5

9

10 kill timeout 20

11

12 script

13 set -x

14 echo "Starting $UPSTART_JOB"

15

16 # Log file

17 logger -t "$0" "DEBUG: `set`"

18 exec /usr/bin/emby-server start

19 end script

20

21 post-stop script

22 exec /usr/bin/emby-server clear

23 end script

24

 

I have no idea if this may have some relevance or even be helpful, I just know that this will restart emby, from within webmin this is also set to run at boot.

 

Yes the restart script does not work with ubuntu 14.04. I have tried to figure out the issue and haven't been able to track it down. It works on all other distros though. 

[leb0rtran 0]

Hi,

 

I am running Debian GNU/Linux 8.3 (jessie) (Linux emby 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux)

chkconfig isn't installed but update-rc.d is

 

I dont think the debian side autostart is the problem, since emby cannot restart itself either.

As stated above, if i press restart in the GUI the service only stops and doesn't start

 

edit:
I tried systemctl enable emby-server and this fixed the problem with startup at boot!

But if I restart emby from the webui it still does not restart, just stop
 

Edited March 4, 2016 by leb0rtran

[hurricanehrndz 149]

Restart should work on Debian 8.3. You need to ensure emby is started by sytemd though. 

 

Please read through the Troubleshooting Guide for restarts and report back your findings.

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Linux-Troubleshooting-Guide-and-FAQ

 

Meanwhile I will test on a vanilla install and report back with my findings as well. The last time I checked though Debian 8 was fine.

Edited March 4, 2016 by hurricanehrndz