systemd

(Contributed by @evertonstz)

If you have a distro that uses systemd (like Ubuntu), you can make yt2pod work as a daemon.

First, create a systemd service file by running: sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/yt2pod.service

Use the following template:

Description=Podcast Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
User=yt2pod
Group=yt2pod

Type=simple
ExecStart=/opt/yt2pod/yt2pod -syslog -config /home/yt2pod/config.json -data /home/yt2pod/data
TimeoutStopSec=20

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Make sure to change the location of the yt2pod binary, the location of the config.json and the data folder to were yours are, they must be set manually in the file otherwise the service will fail to start!

Start the service: sudo systemctl start yt2pod.service

Check for errors: sudo systemctl status yt2pod.service In case you get any errors, make sure to see your systemlog for more info about it.

If no errors, enable the service to autostart with your computer: sudo systemctl enable yt2pod.service