Persistent route

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    I'd create a system.d service in /storage/.config/system.d to run the "route add" commands as systemd allows you to add dependencies to accurately sequence when things will occur, e.g. after network-online.target but before kodi.service (assuming the routes are needed for Kodi things).

    Quote from chewitt

    I'd create a system.d service in /storage/.config/system.d to run the "route add" commands as systemd allows you to add dependencies to accurately sequence when things will occur, e.g. after network-online.target but before kodi.service (assuming the routes are needed for Kodi things).

    It works.

    Thanks

    Quote from chewitt

    I'd create a system.d service in /storage/.config/system.d to run the "route add" commands as systemd allows you to add dependencies to accurately sequence when things will occur, e.g. after network-online.target but before kodi.service (assuming the routes are needed for Kodi things).

    Can you give me the correct ExecStart command in system.d, please ?
    Thanks.

    Hi

    I'm attempting to add a persistent route using the method described and it's not working for me.

    Running LibreElec 11.0.1 on an Pi 4, I've created a file in /storage/.config/system.d called add-route.service with the following;


    Code
    [Unit]
Description=Add network routes
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=sh -c 'ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 via 192.168.0.10'


    when I reboot the box the route is not added.

    Am I missing a step?

    Thanks chewitt

    Good catch on the full path.

    I've made the change but the route still isn't being added at boot.

    As a test, I've run systemctl start add-routes.service and that successfully adds the route. Is it possible that system.d isn't calling services from the directory at boot?

    Thanks again chewitt

    issuing the command produced an error. The OS wanted an [Install] section added to the file. I added the section with a WantedBy directive and arbitrary picked kodi.target for the value.

    Once it was added it I ran the 'systemctl enable /storage/.config/system.d/add-route.service' command again which worked and upon reboot the route is added. :)

    Thanks for the help! :thumbup:

    My file add-route.service looks like this:


    Code
    [Unit]
Description=Add network routes
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online-target

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'ip route add 192.168.1.0/24 via 192.168.0.10'

[Install]
WantedBy=kodi.target