New install of openhab 4.3 does not start-help please

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OS: Ubuntu server LTS 18.04. Installed openhab 4.5. Java 17, x86, 32-bit.

As part of the initial install I was able to connect via a browser and did an initial configuration of bindings (TP-link for Kasa plug), and binding for CM11a (X10). I created a simple model of a house, created a room, added two kasa plug things to the room. Was able to turn the Kasa plugs on/off. Rebooted the system and tried to run the openhab cli console, which resulted in:

jjh@saturn:~$ openhab-cli console

SLF4J(W): No SLF4J providers were found.
SLF4J(W): Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J(W): See https://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#noProviders for further details.
SLF4J(W): Class path contains SLF4J bindings targeting slf4j-api versions 1.7.x                   or earlier.
SLF4J(W): Ignoring binding found at [jar:file:/usr/share/openhab/runtime/system/                  org/apache/karaf/org.apache.karaf.client/4.4.6/org.apache.karaf.client-4.4.6.jar                  !/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J(W): See https://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#ignoredBindings for an explanatio                  n.
Logging in as openhab
Failed to get the session.

Tried to get to the web ui via firefox, got the following: Unable to connect

Looked at process table

jjh@saturn:~$ ps -lax|grep 'openhab'
0  1000  2535  2116  20   0   5300   780 pipe_w S+   pts/0      0:00 grep --color=auto openhab

I am stuck…how can I get openhab running?
Thanks

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Please try

sudo systemctl start openhab.service

If there is no output other than prompt at new line, try

systemctl status openhab.service

for further information.

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thank you.

sudo systemctl start openhab.service

resulted in a prompt at new line.

systemctl status openhab.service

resulted in output:

jjh@saturn:~$ systemctl status openhab.service
â—Ź openhab.service - openHAB - empowering the smart home
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openhab.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2025-06-24 20:06:26 EDT; 1min 24s ago
     Docs: https://www.openhab.org/docs/
           https://community.openhab.org
 Main PID: 2973 (java)
    Tasks: 75 (limit: 2218)
   CGroup: /system.slice/openhab.service
           └─2973 /usr/bin/java -XX:-UsePerfData -Dopenhab.home=/usr/share/openhab -Dopenhab.conf=/etc/openhab -Dopenhab.runtime=/us

Jun 24 20:06:26 saturn systemd[1]: Started openHAB - empowering the smart home.

was able to connect via the web interface. So I thought I configured the install to start openhab every time at startup. Apparently not?
How can I accomplish that?

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Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openhab.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)`

The key is the service shows disabled.

sudo systemctl enable openhab.service
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Error in title: OH 4.5 does not exist!

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Fat fingered the version number…fixed it - thanks

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So apparently openhab was not installed to be enabled & start when the system is booted. What is the proper way to fix this so that it runs when system is booted?

Thanks

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Read three posts back what @kjknauss posted….

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I did read it - the message is laconic with no explanation. The code:

sudo systemctl enable openhab.service

is issued from the CL. Right, it should probably be put in a start up file somewhere…but where? I’ve worked/developed in probably 40+ different OSs in my lifetime, I don’t remember details of all of them.

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No, it is a one time command and should survive a reboot.

Further information can be found here