前提

1 homebridgeのpathが/usr/local/bin/homebridgeである

which homebridge

2 homebridgeのconfig fileを一旦、~/.homebridge/config.jsonに作成した

Homebridge daemon用のアカウントと設定ファイル用のdirを作成

# Add a new user for homebridge process
sudo useradd --system homebridge
# Add a new dir fot homebridge process to refer
sudo mkdir /var/homebridge
sudo chown homebridge:homebridge /var/homebridge/

systemd用の設定ファイルを作成する

下記の内容で、/etc/default/homebridgeを作成する

# Defaults / Configuration options for homebridge
# The following settings tells homebridge where to find the config.json file and where to persist the data (i.e. pairing and others)
HOMEBRIDGE_OPTS=-U /var/homebridge

# If you uncomment the following line, homebridge will log more 
# You can display this via systemd's journalctl: journalctl -f -u homebridge
# DEBUG=*

下記の内容で、/etc/systemd/system/homebridge.serviceを作成する

[Unit]
Description=Node.js HomeKit Server 
After=syslog.target network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=homebridge
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/homebridge
# Adapt this to your specific setup (could be /usr/bin/homebridge)
# See comments below for more information
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/homebridge $HOMEBRIDGE_OPTS
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Homebridge daemon用の設定ファイルを作成する

# Cope existing config file and accesory info files for homebridge
sudo cp ~/.homebridge/config.json /var/homebridge/
sudo cp -r ~/.homebridge/persist /var/homebridge
sudo chmod -R 0777 /var/homebridge

Daemon起動

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable homebridge
sudo systemctl start homebridge

参考

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