Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:44:41 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> Subject: Starting a service after installation? Message-ID: <200112211144.fBLBif252175@zaphod.euronet.nl>
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Hey all,
How should services like an application server (i.e. www/orion or
www/jakarta-tomcat) be started at boot time?
I was thinking we could something like this, for example for www/orion:
1) During installation, install a script in ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d. In this case
orion.sh. Make it +x so it can be executed. The www/orion port (and a lot of
other ports) already do this.
2) Make the script so that it checks if it should be started by reading
/etc/rc.conf and /etc/defaults/rc.conf. For example, for www/orion, it could
check for "start_orion". If this variable is not found, then the service is
perhaps not started (or should it) ? If the variable *is* found then the
service will only be started if the value matches [Yy][Ee][Ss]
I'm also assuming that starting a service right after installation is a Bad
Thing^TM. What about a 'make run' ? ;`/
Ernst
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Ernst de Haan
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