NPM does not work if macagent starts from plist

Danny Kroeze

Hello,

 

I created a Plist so that my mac remote agent can start automatically, but if the macagent starts through the plist it says that npm is not available. If I start the macagent manually the npm works fine.

 

The plist file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

  <dict>

   <key>Label</key>

   <string>com.atlassian.bamboo-agent</string>

   <key>ProgramArguments</key>

   <array>

   <string>/Users/name/bamboo-agent-home/bin/bamboo-agent.sh</string>

   <string>console</string>

   </array>

   <key>RunAtLoad</key>

   <true/>

   <key>KeepAlive</key>

   <true/>

   <key>UserName</key>

   <string>name</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

I would like to know what to change in my plist file so that npm works.

Danyal Iqbal

services have user scopes. you can run npm but your service cannot. Try this:

 

make sure to use the needed username instead of 'USERNAME_RUNNING_BAMBOO' and specify the correct path to the start-bamboo.sh (BAMBOO_INSTALLATION_PATH).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
        <dict>
                <key>Label</key>
                <string>com.atlassian.bamboo</string>

                <key>UserName</key>
                <string>USERNAME_RUNNING_BAMBOO</string>

                <key>ProgramArguments</key>
                <array>
                        <string>BAMBOO_INSTALLATION_PATH/start-bamboo.sh</string>
                        <string>-fg</string>
                </array>
                
                <key>SessionCreate</key>
                <true/>

                <key>RunAtLoad</key>
                <true/>
        </dict>
</plist>

source: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamkb/configuring-bamboo-to-start-automatically-on-startup-on-mac-os-x-302812729.html