Linux_post_install/DOC/SYSTEMD.md

Systemd & Shell Integration Reference

The units installed and enabled by postinstall.sh, plus the pos bash completion.

• Services
  • autostart.service
  • ssh-agent.service
  • pos-health.service
• Feature-flag gating
• Bash completion

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Services

postinstall.sh copies every systemd/*.service (and systemd/*.timer) to /etc/systemd/system/, runs systemctl daemon-reload, then enables each one (see the gating rule below).

autostart.service

Purpose: run features/autostart.sh at boot (after the network is online) and keep retrying if it fails.

[Unit]
Description=My Linux Autostart Script
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/autostart.sh
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Configuration: point ExecStart at your boot script. Because the target script is a feature, this unit is only enabled when the autostart flag is set — the file is still copied, but a skipped feature leaves the unit present-but-disabled.

ssh-agent.service

Purpose: a system-wide SSH agent, one shared socket for all sessions (so pos ssh load-keys and everyday ssh work without per-login agents).

[Unit]
Description=SSH Authentication Agent
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStartPre=mkdir -p /run/ssh-agent
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -D -a /run/ssh-agent/socket
ExecStartPost=/bin/sh -c 'chmod 666 /run/ssh-agent/socket'
ExecStopPost=/bin/sh -c 'rm -f /run/ssh-agent/socket'
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Configuration: socket at /run/ssh-agent/socket (world-readable/writable). ~/.bashrc (set by postinstall.sh) exports SSH_AUTH_SOCK to it. Not gated on any feature flag.

pos-health.service

Purpose: daily "health digest" — runs pos system health --send --markdown at 08:00 and sends the report to the configured notify platform(s).

[Unit]
Description=POS Health digest (daily report via configured notify platforms)
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
User=__POS_USER__
EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/linux_post_install/system.env
EnvironmentFile=-%h/.config/linux_post_install/notify.env
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pos system health --send --markdown

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 08:00:00
Persistent=true

The service is Type=oneshot and is driven only by its companion pos-health.timer (WantedBy=timers.target); the service itself is never enabled directly.

Configuration: postinstall.sh substitutes __POS_USER__ with the installing user (${SUDO_USER:-$USER}) so the digest uses that user's real notify config. The EnvironmentFile= lines load system.env (health/backup settings) and notify.env (NOTIFY_PLATFORM). The timer is enabled only when a Telegram config (~/.config/linux_post_install/telegram.env) already exists — otherwise postinstall warns and skips; re-run postinstall after configuring a notify platform to install it.

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Feature-flag gating

The systemd loop in postinstall.sh special-cases two units:

if [ "$svc_name" = "autostart.service" ] && ! flag_is_set autostart; then
    warn "autostart feature not installed — skipping autostart.service (run ./install.sh --feature)"
    continue
fi
if [ "$svc_name" = "pos-health.service" ]; then
    # substitute User= and enable pos-health.timer only if Telegram is configured
fi

• autostart.service is enabled only when the autostart feature flag is set (./install.sh --feature or flag-set autostart). See SCRIPTS.md → lib/flags.sh.
• pos-health.service is not enabled at all — postinstall.sh enables pos-health.timer instead, and only when a Telegram config already exists.

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Bash completion

File: completions/pos.bash Purpose: tab-completion for the pos CLI.

How it works

• Dynamically discovers subcommands by listing executable pos-* files next to the pos binary — no hard-coded command list, so new tools complete automatically.
• Works with the bash-completion package (_init_completion) and falls back to a manual init if it isn't loaded.
• Provides completion for the first two words of pos <category> <command>.

Configuration

Installed by postinstall.sh to /usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/pos.bash and sourced from ~/.bashrc. To load it manually: source completions/pos.bash (or copy into /etc/bash_completion.d/).