Run UxPlay as a systemd service

This method gives you:

• systemctl start uxplay

• systemctl stop uxplay

• systemctl restart uxplay

• Optional auto‑start on boot

• Clean background operation with no terminal needed

Create a systemd service file

1. Open Service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/uxplay.service

In Nano Paste following command editing yoursuername

[Unit]
Description=UxPlay AirPlay Receiver
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=YOURUSERNAME
ExecStart=/usr/bin/uxplay
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

2. Reload systemd

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Optional: Enable auto start on boot

sudo systemctl enable uxplay

Systemd Commands for UxPlay

• Start

sudo systemctl start uxplay

• Stop

sudo systemctl stop uxplay

sudo systemctl stop uxplay