Index: source/tools/XpartaMuPP/systemd/pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Pyrogenesis/0 A.D. Lobby Bots
+Documentation=https://trac.wildfiregames.com/
+After=ejabberd.service
+Requires=ejabberd.service
+SourcePath=/etc/init.d/
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pyrogenesis-lobbybots start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/pyrogenesis-lobbybots stop
+ExecReload=/etc/init.d/pyrogenesis-lobbybots stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
Index: source/tools/XpartaMuPP/systemd/pyrogenesis-lobbybots.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          pyrogenesis-lobby-bots
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network $named $time
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network $named $time
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Starts the 0 A.D. / Pyrogenesis lobby bots
+# Description:       Starts the 0 A.D. / Pyrogenesis lobby bots, which are scripts running in conjunction with an XMPP compliant server.
+#
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# chkconfig: 2345 90 10
+# description: 0 A.D. Lobby Bots
+set -o errexit
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+# Use these commands to reload the service after editing...
+# clear; systemctl disable pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service; systemctl daemon-reload; systemctl enable pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service; systemctl restart  pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service; sleep 2; systemctl status pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service;
+
+# Use this command to see the full log
+# journalctl -u pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service
+
+# Use this to follow the log live
+# watch -n1 "journalctl -u pyrogenesis-lobbybots.service | tail -n 30"
+
+SU="/bin/su"
+USER="nobody"
+BASH="/bin/bash"
+PATHLOBBYLOG="/lobby"
+PATHBOTSCRIPTS="$PATHLOBBYLOG/XpartaMuPP/"
+BOTARGSCOMMON="--domain localhost --use-tls False -v"
+
+BOTCOUNT=2
+
+BOTNAME0="XpartaMuPP"
+BOTROOM0="arena23"
+BOTARGS0="--login xpartamupp --password password1 --nickname GamelistBot --elo echelon"
+
+BOTNAME1="EcheLOn"
+BOTROOM1="arena23"
+BOTARGS1="--login echelon --password password2 --nickname RatingBot"
+
+# Calls the given function, either "startbot" or "stopbot"
+lobbybots()
+{
+	i=0
+	while [ "$i" -lt $BOTCOUNT ]
+	do
+		BOTNAME="BOTNAME$i"
+		BOTROOM="BOTROOM$i"
+		BOTARGS="BOTARGS$i"
+
+		eval "BOTNAME=\$$BOTNAME"
+		eval "BOTROOM=\$$BOTROOM"
+		eval "BOTARGS=\$$BOTARGS"
+
+		LOGFILE="${PATHLOBBYLOG}${BOTROOM}/$BOTNAME.log"
+		PIDFILE="${PATHLOBBYLOG}${BOTROOM}/$BOTNAME.pid"
+
+		# Call the given bot function
+		$1 "$BOTNAME" "$BOTROOM" "$PIDFILE" "$LOGFILE" "$BOTARGS"
+
+		i=$(($i+1))
+	done
+}
+
+# Starts the given bot, if not running yet
+startbot()
+{
+	BOTNAME=$1
+	BOTROOM=$2
+	PIDFILE=$3
+	LOGFILE=$4
+	BOTARGS=$5
+
+	if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
+		log_daemon_msg "$PIDFILE exists. If you are sure that the bot is not running, delete this file."
+	else
+		log_daemon_msg "Starting $BOTNAME, logging to $LOGFILE"
+		$SU -s $BASH -c "nohup python3 $BOTNAME.py --room $BOTROOM $BOTARGS $BOTARGSCOMMON > $LOGFILE &  echo \$! > $PIDFILE" $USER
+	fi
+}
+
+# Stops the given bot, if running
+stopbot()
+{
+	BOTNAME=$1
+	BOTROOM=$2
+	PIDFILE=$3
+
+	if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
+		PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
+		log_daemon_msg "Killing $BOTNAME process $PID."
+		rm $PIDFILE
+		kill $PID
+	else
+		log_daemon_msg "$BOTROOM/$BOTNAME not running."
+	fi
+}
+
+ensurePathsExists()
+{
+	test -d "$PATHLOBBYLOG" || {
+		log_daemon_msg "ERROR: Lobby folder not found: $PATHLOBBYLOG"
+		exit 1
+	}
+
+	test -d "$PATHBOTSCRIPTS" || {
+		log_daemon_msg "ERROR: Lobby bots script folder not found: $PATHBOTSCRIPTS"
+		exit 1
+	}
+
+	cd $PATHBOTSCRIPTS
+}
+
+ensurePathsExists
+
+case "$1" in
+	start)
+		log_daemon_msg "Starting Pyrogenesis lobby bots..."
+		lobbybots "startbot"
+		log_daemon_msg "done."
+		;;
+	stop)
+		log_daemon_msg "Stopping Pyrogenesis lobby bots..."
+		lobbybots "stopbot"
+		log_daemon_msg "done."
+		;;
+	status)
+		# No-op
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	force-reload|restart)
+		"$0" stop
+		"$0" start
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}"
+		exit 3
+		;;
+esac
+
+exit 0