Kiwix not starting "exited" error

jwqos · August 13, 2023, 11:14am

My YunoHost server

Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4
YunoHost version: 11.2.3
I have access to my server : Through SSH | through the webadmin
Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance ? : no

Description of my issue

Just installed Kiwix, I can open the domain app but after adding some .zim files it’s not shown, I tried restarting the service but I get an exited error, the logs do not show much, I see the exited error on services in the webinterface

LOGFILE: journalctl
-- Journal begins at Tue 2022-12-06 18:45:10 GMT, ends at Sun 2023-08-13 12:10:03 BST. --
Aug 13 10:29:37 systemd[1]: Started Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 10:29:38 kiwix-serve[458671]: Loading the library from the following files:
Aug 13 10:29:38 kiwix-serve[458671]:         /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml
Aug 13 10:29:38 kiwix-serve[458671]: The library was successfully loaded.
Aug 13 10:29:38 kiwix-serve[458715]: The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: http://127.0.0.1:42211
Aug 13 11:43:52 systemd[1]: Stopping Kiwix: Sharing Web content...
Aug 13 11:43:53 systemd[1]: kiwix.service: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:43:53 systemd[1]: Stopped Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
-- Boot 1b018b2e8a884a5590ce3eba3de5e4fd --
Aug 13 11:44:00 systemd[1]: Started Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:44:01 kiwix-serve[446]: Loading the library from the following files:
Aug 13 11:44:01 kiwix-serve[446]:         /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml
Aug 13 11:44:02 kiwix-serve[446]: The library was successfully loaded.
Aug 13 11:44:02 kiwix-serve[653]: The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: http://127.0.0.1:42211
Aug 13 11:47:59 systemd[1]: Stopping Kiwix: Sharing Web content...
Aug 13 11:47:59 systemd[1]: kiwix.service: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:47:59 systemd[1]: Stopped Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:47:59 systemd[1]: Started Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:47:59 kiwix-serve[2814]: Loading the library from the following files:
Aug 13 11:47:59 kiwix-serve[2814]:         /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml
Aug 13 11:47:59 kiwix-serve[2814]: The library was successfully loaded.
Aug 13 11:47:59 kiwix-serve[2819]: The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: http://127.0.0.1:42211
Aug 13 11:56:42 systemd[1]: Stopping Kiwix: Sharing Web content...
Aug 13 11:56:42 systemd[1]: kiwix.service: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:56:42 systemd[1]: Stopped Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:56:42 systemd[1]: Started Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:56:43 kiwix-serve[4949]: Loading the library from the following files:
Aug 13 11:56:43 kiwix-serve[4949]:         /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml
Aug 13 11:56:43 kiwix-serve[4949]: The library was successfully loaded.
Aug 13 11:56:43 kiwix-serve[4953]: The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: http://127.0.0.1:42211
Aug 13 11:59:36 systemd[1]: Stopping Kiwix: Sharing Web content...
Aug 13 11:59:36 systemd[1]: kiwix.service: Succeeded.
Aug 13 11:59:36 systemd[1]: Stopped Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:59:36 systemd[1]: Started Kiwix: Sharing Web content.
Aug 13 11:59:36 kiwix-serve[5121]: Loading the library from the following files:
Aug 13 11:59:36 kiwix-serve[5121]:         /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml
Aug 13 11:59:36 kiwix-serve[5121]: The library was successfully loaded.
Aug 13 11:59:36 kiwix-serve[5123]: The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: http://127.0.0.1:42211

jwqos · August 14, 2023, 12:58pm

There was a Kiwix update today, that fixed the exited error, however it’s not loading my .zim files that I moved to /home/yunohost.app/kiwix.
What could be wrong?

ericg · August 14, 2023, 7:14pm

did you use the config panel to download .zim files?

I think you need to run this command:

 /var/www/kiwix/kiwix-manage /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml add /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/*.zim

jwqos · August 14, 2023, 8:07pm

$ sudo  /var/www/kiwix/kiwix-manage /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/library.xml add /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/*.zim
Cannot add zim /home/yunohost.app/kiwix/*.zim to the library.

I downloaded them from the website and added them manually, how to download them from the config panel?

ericg · August 15, 2023, 5:38pm

in the webadmin, app page

github.com

YunoHost-Apps/kiwix_ynh/blob/master/doc/ADMIN.md

### How to add zim files?

#### Add a zin file through its URL
- Click on the "Upload content" tab above.

#### Add a zim file by hand
- Download one or more ZIM files, e.g. from [https://download.kiwix.org/zim/](https://download.kiwix.org/zim/)
- Put the ZIM files into `__DATA_DIR__`
- Add them to the library with the following command:
```
__INSTALL_DIR__/kiwix-manage __DATA_DIR__/library.xml add __DATA_DIR__/*.zim
```

- Restart the service:

`yunohost service restart kiwix`

jwqos · August 15, 2023, 8:49pm

Oh I found the Upload content in the webadmin app interface, so much easier.
But after adding some .zim files and restarting the service, I see nothing yet.
Actually one wiki showed up, only the MD wiki…others nothing.
I tested a few, some .zim files appears after uploading, other don’t

Edit: I removed the previous files tranferred to that folder, now every .zim file works! it’s amazing kiwix!! thanks for all the maintainers of this app!!!

system · August 30, 2023, 8:49pm

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