Raspberry Pi Zero (W) as Blynk Local Server

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@Mr_Sach

I’ve tried the rc.local and cron examples I’ve seen. I have managed to get a python script to run at boot up with rc.local but not the blynk server.

The forum is parted in this matter. On one side it’s me, other side is everyone else

“A house divided against itself cannot stand” as Lincoln once said. In the long run I strongly recommend the use of systemd which enables you to run the Blynk server as a true service.

[HOWTO] use systemd instead of rc.local on Linux to auto start the server

Today rc.local is more or less obsolete and replaced by systemd in most Linux distribution. As from Ubuntu 16 (I think) rc.local is not enabled by default. You will actually have to run it as a systemd service if you decide to enable it So, a brief tutorial coming up! Open up a terminal window on your system. Root privileges are needed, but if you logon as root or use sudo doesn’t matter. Units created by sysadm should be placed in /etc/systemd/system/ so we change our directory accor…