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

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Jim,

Sunday, November 19, 2017, 12:24:04 PM, you wrote:



> 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

Do not forget to start/stop mysql together with mythbackend. Stopping
when home is not absolutely needed, but it prevents you from using the
wrong one.


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