From bf3c6595ac1705c39db9c3102c9cb997c8c388ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?William=20S=C3=B6derberg?= <william@soderberg.tech>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:20:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added a system service

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 README.md                | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 weather-station@.service | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 weather-station@.service

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b086ce..aff9b27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,41 @@
 # Weather Station
 
 Code for the indoor Weather Station
+
+## Step 1: Install and Pass the "Variable"
+
+Move the template file to the system folder and reload the daemon:
+
+* `sudo cp weather-station@.service /etc/systemd/system/`
+* `sudo systemctl daemon-reload`
+
+---
+
+## Step 2: Enable and Start
+
+Now, when you enable and start the service, you **append your actual username** right after the `@` symbol.
+
+If your username was `pi-user`:
+
+* **Enable it to start on boot:**
+
+   `sudo systemctl enable weather-station@pi-user.service`
+* **Start the script right now:**
+
+   `sudo systemctl start weather-station@pi-user.service`
+
+---
+
+## Step 3: How to check on it
+
+* **To see if it's running:**
+
+  `sudo systemctl status weather-station@pi-user.service`
+* **To read the live console output (like seeing the print statements):**
+
+  `sudo journalctl -u weather-station@pi-user.service -f`
+  *(Press `Ctrl+C` to exit the log view)*
+
+* **To manually restart it (if you update your code):**
+
+  `sudo systemctl restart weather-station@pi-user.service`
diff --git a/weather-station@.service b/weather-station@.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5da704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weather-station@.service
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# weather-station@.service
+
+[Unit]
+Description=E-Ink Weather Station Daemon
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=%i
+Group=%i
+
+WorkingDirectory=/home/%i/weather-station
+ExecStart=/home/%i/weather-station/.venv/bin/python /home/%i/weather-station/main.py
+
+# Auto-restart logic
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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