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Running

Application

To run the application for the first time, use the following command:

python -m systembridgebackend

After the first run, you can exit the application via the system tray icon.

You should now find a shortcut in your start menu / applications called System Bridge.

Autostart

To enable autostart, open settings via the system tray icon, enable autostart and click the save icon. The application will now be added to startup.

No GUI / Headless

If you want to run the application without a GUI, you can use the following command:

python -m systembridgebackend --no-gui

Systemd Service

Here is an example systemd service. This runs as root, so you will need to have run the install commands as root for this to run.

[Unit]
Description=System Bridge
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 -m systembridgebackend --no-gui
Restart=on-abort
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

CLI

To run the CLI, you can use the following command:

python -m systembridgecli --help

This command will show you all available commands. For more details, read the CLI page.

API Key

To get the api-key for use in the API/WebSocket, you can use the following command:

python -m systembridgecli api-key

To reset your api-key, run this command:

python -m systembridgecli api-key --reset