Start DarkIce Stream at Boot

Thank you to @TuggerHosting (website) for sharing this script and allowing @reelsensetv to open-source it.

This cron job will start darkice at boot and check if it's still running every 5 minutes. It's configured to start streaming to an icecast2 server on port 8000.

The built in scripts to start DarkIce didn't seem to work in some Linux distributions so these scripts are to scratch our own itch.

Getting Started on Ubuntu

Install dependencies:

sudo apt install wget nano screen darkice

sudo mkdir /usr/local/etc/darkice ; sudo chown -R nobody:wheel /usr/local/etc/darkice/ ; cd /usr/local/etc/darkice/ ; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/darkice.cfg -O ; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/darkiceserv.sh -O ; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/startserver.sh -O ; chmod +x darkiceserv.sh ; chmod +x startserver.sh

sudo crontab -e

Append your darkiceserv.sh start entry to the bottom of crontab:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/home/
#minute hour    mday    month   wday    who     command
*/5       *       *       *       *             /usr/local/etc/darkice/darkiceserv.sh start

darkice will now start at boot and check if it's still running every 5 minutes.

Done.

Getting Started on FreeBSD with doas

Install dependencies:

doas pkg install doas bash screen darkice ca_root_nss nano

doas mkdir /usr/local/etc/darkice ; doas chown -R nobody:wheel /usr/local/etc/darkice/ ; cd /usr/local/etc/darkice/ ; fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/darkice.cfg ; fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/darkiceserv.sh ; fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/startserver.sh ; chmod +x darkiceserv.sh ; chmod +x startserver.sh

Elevate to root via doas or what ever method you use.

doas crontab -e

Append your darkiceserv.sh start entry to the bottom of crontab:

SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/home/
#minute hour    mday    month   wday    who     command
*/5       *       *       *       *             /usr/local/etc/darkice/darkiceserv.sh start

darkice will now start at boot and check if it's still running every 5 minutes.

Done.

Getting Started as root

Install dependencies:

wget, darkice, nano, screen, & equivalent of ca_root_nss on your platform.

mkdir /usr/local/etc/darkice ; chown -R root:root /usr/local/etc/darkice/ ; cd /usr/local/etc/darkice/ ; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/darkice.cfg -O ; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/darkiceserv.sh -O ; wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reelsensetv/darkice-start-on-boot/master/startserver.sh -O ; chmod +x darkiceserv.sh ; chmod +x startserver.sh

crontab -e

Append your darkiceserv.sh start entry to the bottom of crontab:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/home/
#minute hour    mday    month   wday    who     command
*/5       *       *       *       *             /usr/local/etc/darkice/darkiceserv.sh start

Note, SHELL=/bin/bash may need to change to SHELL=/bin/sh if you're on a BSD.

darkice will now start at boot and check if it's still running every 5 minutes.

Done.

What it does

Copy darkice.cfg to /usr/local/etc/darkice/.

Move darkiceserv.sh and startserver.sh into /usr/local/etc/darkice/ and chmod +x them to be executable.

crontab will now start darkice at boot and check if it's still running every 5 minutes.

Credit

These scripts are almost entirely the work of @TuggerBrokenmice from @TuggerHosting (website).