RPI3 as Access point / start service at boot time automatically

[hary]

Hi.

I've almost successfully been following this tutorialhttps://frillip.com/using-your-raspberr ... h-hostapd/ on how to use a RPI3 as AP and station.

The only remaining point is that it's not starting on its own at boot time.
I need to go to a terminal and type :
"sudo /usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf" as it is indicated at the end of the "Configure hostapd" part of the tutorial.

I'd like to know how I could get it starting automatically at the start of the RPI

[tpylkko]

most daemons like that already have a service file that comes with them when you install them. you can enable it with

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sudo systemctl enable (name[ of service goes here, e.g hostapd)/code]. With "enable" it will try to start it at boot, with "start" it will try now.

If not, you can make one, it's quite easy. Search for "systemd service".

[epoch1970]

Also look at /etc/default/hostapd.
You probably need to edit the file to enable startup at boot.
With Debian and Raspbian, /etc/default is an important place to visit once you've installed a program.