BoS Telegram AutoStart

Creating BoS Telegram AutoStart

The following guide works on every linux distribution with the Systemd Software Manager Tool. I tested in with a Raspiblitz setup and the community tested it on umbrel. There are only some minor changes for the Umbrel setup, therefore two code snippets are shown. First is for Raspiblitz second for Umbrel. (Everything can also be found in my git repo gitrepo).

(If you have problems or find errors: Telegram @ziggiesmoke)

Prerequesties

BoS has already been installed and an initial connection with your telegram bot has been established. Because if we want to put the bos telegram connection into the startup routine the API-Key of the Bot should already been entered.

Checklist for Raspiblitz

• Login via ssh: ssh admin@ip.ip.ip.ip
• Change to the following directory: cd /etc/systemd/system/
• Create a so called unit-file: sudo touch bos-telegram.service
• open file with: sudo nano bos-telegram.service
• copy the following content into it, change CONNECTIONCODE with your own code:

#Systemd unit for Bos-Telegram Bot
#/etc/systemd/system/bos-telegram.service
[Unit]
Description=bos-telegram
Wants=lnd.service 
After=lnd.service 


[Service] 
ExecStart=/home/bos/.npm-global/bin/bos telegram --connect CONNECTIONCODE 
User=bos
Restart=always
TimeoutSec=120
RestartSec=30
StandardOutput=null
StandardError=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target  

• Save file and then type the following command in the terminal: sudo systemctl enable bos-telegram.service
• Reboot your node or it also works without rebooting by using this command: sudo systemctl start bos-telegram.service
• wait until your telegram bot shows the new connection to check whether the service is running properly you can type: sudo systemctl status bos-telegram.service. Remember lighting needs to be up and unlocked before the bot is able to start.

For Umbrel the file has some minor changes

#Systemd unit for Bos-Telegram Bot
#/etc/systemd/system/bos-telegram.service
[Unit]
Description=bos-telegram
Wants=lnd.service 
After=lnd.service 


[Service] 
ExecStart=/home/umbrel/.npm-global/bin/bos telegram --connect CONNECTIONCODE 
User=umbrel
Restart=always
TimeoutSec=120
RestartSec=30
StandardOutput=null
StandardError=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target