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--- pages:howtos:systemd:nextcloud-desktop [2021/10/05 22:03] – mischerh
+++ pages:howtos:systemd:nextcloud-desktop [2021/12/09 23:34] (current) – rokkitlawnchair
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-{{tag>opensuse tumbleweed systemd howto nextclouddesktopclient suse nextcloud kde session}}
+{{tag>tumbleweed systemd howto nextclouddesktopclient suse nextcloud kde session}}
 ====== Nextcloud Desktop as a user service with systemd ======
   * https://blog.victormendonca.com/2018/05/14/creating-a-simple-systemd-user-service/
   * https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/configuring_and_managing_networking/systemd-network-targets-and-services_configuring-and-managing-networking
   * https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/
+  * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service.html
+  * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.special.html
+  * https://forum.qt.io/topic/93247/qt-qpa-plugin-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb-in-even-though-it-was-found/9
+  * https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/728
+  * https://www.unixsysadmin.com/systemd-user-services/
+  * https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/start-gui-application-from-systemd-unit-service-4175591018/
+  * https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-systemd-launch-programs-raspberry-pi/
+  * https://blog.svedr.in/posts/running-the-nextcloud-client-under-systemd/
 Since quite some time I am annoyed by the Nextcloud client starting before the internet connection becomes available. That leads to a situation in which the Nextcloud Desktop Client presents a browser window with a login mask because it assumes it is disconnected.
 My approach will start and manage the Nextcloud Desktop Client as a systemd user service as soon as a network connection becomes ready.
+<WRAP center round important 60%>
+This is working on openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE as of 2021/10/13. On other operating systems your mileage may vary.
+</WRAP>
 ===== KDE Session Management, Autostart =====
   * remove Nextcloud from autostart
   * tick "start with an empty session" under "Desktop Session" in System Settings
+===== Wait System Service =====
+Check if the correct oneshot "wait" system service is enabled (NetworkManager in my case).
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+systemctl is-enabled NetworkManager-wait-online.service systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+</sxh>
+  enabled
+  Failed to get unit file state for systemd-networkd-wait-online.service: No such file or directory
 ===== Systemd User Service =====
-<sxh bash; title: whatever>
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+# as user
+mkdir -pv ~/.config/systemd/user/
+vim ~/.config/systemd/user/nextcloud-desktop.service
+</sxh>
+<sxh bash; title: ~/.config/systemd/user/nextcloud-desktop.service>
 [Unit]
 Description=Nextcloud Desktop Client
 After=network-online.target
-Wants=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target NetworkManager-wait-online.service
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 StandardOutput=journal
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/nextcloud
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+LimitNOFILE=65535:65535
 [Install]
 WantedBy=default.target
 </sxh>
+enable the service
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+systemctl --user enable nextcloud-desktop.service
+</sxh>
+start the service
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+systemctl --user start nextcloud-desktop.service
+</sxh>
+check that the service is running
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+systemctl --user status nextcloud-desktop.service
+</sxh>
+----
+~~DISCUSSION~~