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.
Checklist for Umbrel
- Open Terminal
- Login via ssh: ssh umbrel@umbrel.local
It will ask your password. Use same password as when you log in via your browser (default password is moneyprintergobrrr but you probably have changed it already). NB: password is not visible when you tap or paste it.
- 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 that you got when you connected your bot:
#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
- Save file and exit: ctrl + x
y enter
- Reboot your node OR use this command without rebooting: sudo systemctl start bos-telegram.service
- Wait until your Telegram bot shows the new connection (check the Telegram app for message ‘connected to…’).
- 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.
- All good, you can close Terminal