Using shairport-sync with runit

10 March 2021, 01:49:49

Shairport-sync is a great tool to emulate an Airplay device from linux (to use it's connected speakers wirelessly). Some configurations require using systemd. Does anyone know of a port of the systemd command to runit. I tried using it's daemon flag (-d) but the arch package hasn't compiled that feature in...
Also, simply running shairport-sync doesn't do anything (even with the -v flag)

Re: Using shairport-sync with runit

Reply #1 – 10 March 2021, 02:07:06

Create the shairport-sync user and shairport-sync group, create the service and link it to run.

In a terminal:

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sudo groupadd shairport-sync

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sudo useradd -G shairport-sync shairport-sync

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sudo nano /etc/runit/sv/shairport/run

Add the following lines:

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#!/bin/sh

sv check avahi-daemon  > /dev/null || exit 1
exec chpst -u shairport-sync shairport-sync

and make it executable by

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sudo chmod +x /etc/runit/sv/shairport/run

and enable it after by linking:

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sudo ln -s /etc/runit/sv/shairport /run/runit/service

and finally check it's status with the following:

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sudo sv status shairport

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ps aux | grep shairport

Awaiting your feedback.

Re: Using shairport-sync with runit

Reply #2 – 13 March 2021, 05:58:21

This seems to fix the issue.
Thanks!