Running pypilot service - Printable Version

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Running pypilot service - Printable Version

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Running pypilot service - alpe77 - 2026-06-16

I somehow managed to get pypilot installed and running on OpenPlotter 4. But I'm having trouble getting the service to start automatically. It refuses to run within its virtual environment and fails due to missing dependencies.

Here's the systemd unit file:

Code:
[Unit]

Description=pypilot

After=network-online.target local-fs.target

Wants=network-online.target

[Service]

Type=simple

WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/pypilot

ExecStart=/home/pi/pypilot/.venv/bin/python /home/pi/pypilot/pypilot --no-daemon

Environment=VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/pi/pypilot/.venv

Environment=PATH=/home/pi/pypilot/.venv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

User=pi

Group=pi

Restart=always

RestartSec=5

StandardOutput=journal

StandardError=journal

KillMode=control-group

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

This service starts and runs fine when launched manually, e.g. systemctl start pypilot. But systemd does something different.