Automatic start by using systemd

The content of systemd unit file /lib/systemd/system/aquarium-ctrl.service as following:

[Unit]

Description=Aquarium Control Application

After=multi-user.target


[Service]

Type=forking

ExecStart=bash /usr/local/src/aquarium-ctrl/aquarium-ctrl-startup.sh

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

Upon creation/modification of the unit file, one must run the command sudo systemctl daemon-reload in order to activate the changes.

For starting the control application manually via systemd, one can use the command sudo systemctl start aquarium-ctrl.