[mythtv-users] Switching from Frontend/backend to frontend only temporarily

[Jim Abernathy]

On 11/19/2017 05:55 AM, Mike Bibbings wrote:
> On 18/11/17 22:51, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>> So if I build a small miniITX system that is a combined 
>> Frontend/Backend/HDHR tuner to use went I’m in my RV, can I easily 
>> switch it back to a frontend only when I’m back home and just need 
>> the frontend functions using my main backend at home?
>>
>> What I think I need to do is:
>>
>> 1. turn off backend so it’s not automatically running at boot. Maybe 
>> use MCC to select FE only in the roles section?
>> 2. Change FE IP address for Home BE and password?
>>
>> Anything else??
>>
>> Jim A
>>
>>
> No need to do anything with MCC and I  suggest you don't, changing 
> roles is likely to break things!
>
> Assuming you are using Ubuntu based distribution with systemd e.g. 
> mythbuntu 16.04 you can control mythbackend startup as follows:
>
> 1. To stop mythbackend running at boot
>
> sudo systemctl stop mythtv-backend
> sudo systemctl disable mythtv-backend
>
> 2. To enable mythbackend at boot
>
> sudo systemctl enable mythtv-backend
> sudo systemctl start mythtv-backend
>
> Note: systemctl automatically looks for the .service extension, so no 
> need to type it.
>
> You can check if mythbackend is running using either:
>
> ps -A | grep mythbackend
>
> or systemctl status mythtv-backend
>
>
> You will need to adjust the ~/.mythtv.config.xml file to suit each of 
> your backends
>
> What I do is setup two config.xml files :
> one named local-config.xml, the other named remote-config.xml (each 
> with appropriate contents) and overwrite config.xml with whichever one 
> I want to use in ~/.mythtv/
>
> e.g. change to directory cd ~/.mythtv
> cp local-config.xml config.xml
>
>
> Mike
>

Thanks, this is excellent info.  I do have 16.04 so your instructions 
are exactly what I need.

Jim A

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