Run Playit.GG 24-7 on Linux

Starting with version 0.15.0 when you install the playit program via apt-get we add a systemd unit which makes it easy to run playit in the background. Not sure how to install playit on linux or with apt-get? Check out: How to install Playit.gg on Linux.

First, to setup your playit agent, run:

 playit setup 

To start the playit agent in the background you can run:
 sudo systemctl start playit 

If you want the playit agent start when you boot up your computer you can run:
 sudo systemctl enable playit 

Now inside of the tmux session run the playit program

 ./playit-linux-amd64  

If you’re unable to run the playit program see * How to run playit.gg on Linux

With the playit program now running you can use the following keyboard combinations

• Ctrl-b + d to put the tmux session in the background

• Ctrl-b + c to create a new window to run another program (like the Minecraft Server)

• Ctrl-b + 0 to view the first window, similary Ctrl-b <num> will let you go between windows

If you press Ctrl-b + d and put the tmux session in the background, you can always get it back by running the command

 tmux attach