Re: [systemd-devel] Performing a config check before restarting a process

2016-05-16 Thread Terry Burton
On 13 May 2016 at 00:04, Terry Burton <t...@terryburton.co.uk> wrote: > I have a process (ISC DHCP) that has no reload or soft restart > mechanism. The only way to "reload" it is a stop and start. > > I understand systemd's design choice of maintaining a clear

[systemd-devel] Performing a config check before restarting a process

2016-05-12 Thread Terry Burton
Hi, I have a process (ISC DHCP) that has no reload or soft restart mechanism. The only way to "reload" it is a stop and start. I understand systemd's design choice of maintaining a clear distinction between reload and restart based on whether the service is interrupted or not, so it's clear that

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating .service files for sets of similar services

2016-02-26 Thread Terry Burton
On 26 February 2016 at 14:14, Mantas Mikulėnas <graw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Terry Burton <t...@terryburton.co.uk> wrote: >> I have an application that in part consists of a number of instances >> of similar processes (each with their

[systemd-devel] Creating .service files for sets of similar services

2016-02-26 Thread Terry Burton
Hi, I have an application that in part consists of a number of instances of similar processes (each with their own configuration and bound to neighbouring ports, etc.) I could create a .service file for each instance from a template but I'm wondering whether systemd has some built-in way of