Walkthrough: Installing the System_Watchdog in 8 easy steps

Even though I‘ve tried to put all the needed information to install your own System_Watchdog without problems, I understand that this is a lot of information to process. Providing a structured way through this might help you getting the system up and running as fast as possible.

So let us walk through the whole process step by step.

1. Install the daemon that controls the system on the Raspberry Pi: Installation on the Raspberry Pi
2. Understand and adapt the general section of the config file for the daemon: The [General] Section
3. Understand the different Configuration Types.
4. In the next step, set Primed to unprimed and start editing your first configuration. Use the option —-cfgfile to experiment with settings in different files (see Command-line Options)
5. Running the System_Watchdog with the command-line option --nodaemon helps reading the output (see Command-line Options)
6. Slowly increment the value of Primed to see the actual results of the commands you have defined.
7. When everything works as expected, set Primed back to unprimed and run System_Watchdog as a service. Watch the output in the system logs.
8. If everything works as expected, increment Primed again.