[kiwix] test setup without systemd-less

Ark74 · Ark74 · commit 6a52f2ba44a3 · 2025-11-12T01:19:37.000-06:00
diff --git a/roles/kiwix/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml b/roles/kiwix/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,35 @@
     name: kiwix-serve
     enabled: yes
     state: started
-  when: kiwix_enabled
+  when:
+    - kiwix_enabled
+    - not is_proot
+
+- name: Check if kiwix-serve is already listening (proot)
+  wait_for:
+    host: 127.0.0.1
+    port: "{{ kiwix_port }}"
+    timeout: 1
+    state: started
+  register: kiwix_port_up
+  ignore_errors: true
+  when:
+    - kiwix_enabled
+    - is_proot
 
+- name: Start kiwix-serve (proot)
+  command: >
+    {{ iiab_base }}/kiwix/bin/kiwix-serve
+    --daemon
+    --port {{ kiwix_port }}
+    --nolibrarybutton
+    --library {{ kiwix_library_xml }}
+    --urlRootLocation={{ kiwix_url_plus_slash }}
+    --threads {{ kiwix_threads }}
+  when:
+    - kiwix_enabled
+    - is_proot
+    - kiwix_port_up is failed
 
 # In the past kiwix-serve did not stay running, so we'd been doing this hourly.
 # @mgautierfr & others suggest kiwix-serve might be auto-restarted w/o cron in
