From c7e305283e91ab82ca4a5039969209022b7387c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The-Dark-Mode <167715404+The-Dark-Mode@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 13:34:00 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06552bc..7bcd63a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,3 +18,48 @@ Modify config.json:
 ### Setup MQTT:
 Modify config.json:
   Change the IP, username, and password to match the user you have made for Home Assistant (or you can make a separate user for this script)
+
+### Configure the script to run on startup (DEBIAN/LINUX ONLY)
+1. Install tmux
+2. Create a script that starts the tmux session and runs python:
+/home/user/startup.sh:
+```
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Start a new tmux session named 'emails'
+tmux new-session -d -s emails
+
+# Send commands to the 'emails' session
+tmux send-keys -t emails 'cd /opt/Frigate-SMTP' C-m
+tmux send-keys -t emails 'python3 main.py' C-m
+```
+
+sudo chmod +x /home/user/startup.sh
+
+3. Create a systemctl service:
+
+/etc/systemd/system/frigate-smtp.service:
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=Frigate SMTP Service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/opt/Frigate-SMTP/startup.sh
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/Frigate-SMTP
+Restart=on-failure
+User=root
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+`sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable frigate-smtp.service
+sudo systemctl start frigate-smtp.service`
+
+4. Verify it works:
+`sudo systemctl status frigate-smtp.service`
+OR
+`tmux attach -t emails` (remember to exit safely by pressing CTRL+B then D)