Starting RocketShipIt Print Server On Startup (OSX)¶

Overview¶

• Move RocketShipIt Print Server folder to your home directory
• Create file: Library/LaunchAgents/com.rocketshipit.printserver.plist
• Change the path to your home dir
• Create start.sh in the RS Print Server folder
• Make start.sh executable
• Test it

Create plist File¶

Start by creaing this following file, ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.rocketshipit.printserver.plist

Make sure to change the path to where you have the RocketShipIt Print server folder.

com.rocketshipit.printserver.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.rocketshipit.printserver</string>
   <key>Program</key>
   <!-- CHANGE THIS NEXT LINE -->
   <string>/Users/mark/RS-Print-Server-Mac/start.sh</string>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Create start.sh File¶

Within the RocketShipIt Print Server folder create the file start.sh and change path:

start.sh:

#!/bin/bash

# Change the path below to match
cd /Users/mark/RS-Print-Server-Mac && ./serve

Make start.sh Executable¶

From within the print server folder:

chmod +x start.sh

Testing and Troubleshooting¶

You can test it by doing the following command or restarting your computer:

launchctl start com.rocketshipit.printserver

• If the print server is not launching please check /var/log/system.log for errors.
• Make sure start.sh is executable *chmod +x start.sh