Jarvis Home Automation

Overview

Jarvis is a Python-based Telegram bot that can:

• Receive commands from Telegram
• Execute system commands on your Raspberry Pi
• Interact with existing applications
• Send responses back to Telegram

Setup Instructions

1. Get your bot token:

• Message @BotFather on Telegram
• Create a new bot with /newbot
• Save the token

2. Get your user ID:

• Message @userinfobot on Telegram to get your user ID

3. Install and configure:

• Install required python packages:

  conda activate python311
  pip3 install python-telegram-bot psutil

• Set env variables:

  export TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN
  export AUTHORIZED_USERS="USER_IDs"
  export LOG_FILE="/home/rrocha/logs/jarvis.log"

• Create logs directory:

  mkdir -p /home/rrocha/logs

4. Test run

   python3 jarvis.py start

5. Set up as systemd service:

• Set up .env: Copy .env.example as .env and edit it for your values.

  # Set secure permissions
  chmod 600 /home/rrocha/jarvis/.env
  chown rrocha:rrocha /home/rrocha/jarvis/.env
  
  # Make sure it's not tracked by git
  echo ".env" >> /home/rrocha/jarvis/.gitignore

• Copy service file to systemd:

  sudo cp /home/rrocha/jarvis/jarvis-wrapper.service /etc/systemd/system/jarvis-bot.service

• Enable and start the service:

  # Reload systemd configuration
  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  
  # Enable service to start at boot
  sudo systemctl enable jarvis-bot
  
  # Start the service
  sudo systemctl start jarvis-bot

• Service Management Commands Once set up, you can control your service with:

  # Start the service
  sudo systemctl start jarvis-bot
  
  # Stop the service
  sudo systemctl stop jarvis-bot
  
  # Restart the service
  sudo systemctl restart jarvis-bot
  
  # Reload configuration (if the service supports it)
  sudo systemctl reload jarvis-bot
  
  # Check status
  sudo systemctl status jarvis-bot
  
  # View logs
  sudo journalctl -u jarvis-bot -f
  
  # View recent logs
  sudo journalctl -u jarvis-bot --since "1 hour ago"