Hi!
Thanks. I hadn't realized the shebang line was used by rc.subr.
The attached version of the startup script seems to work fine.
Thomas
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 12:06:44AM +1000, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Have you tried replacing your /bin/sh startup script with
> a python script (using the same interpreter path
> that your app uses) that does the same thing?
>
> cheers,
> Luke.
>
> On 20-08-17 09:55, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> | Hi Leo!
> |
> | On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 09:45:08AM +0200, Leonardo Taccari wrote:
> | > > I wanted to run a python service using an rc.d script. It knows to
> write a pid file, but that is not good enough for our rc.d system. It
> complains:
> | > >
> | > > # /etc/rc.d/syncserver stop
>
> | > > syncserver not running? (check
> /home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/syncserver.pid).
> | > >
> | > > I think this happens because the executable is not called
> “syncserver” but is started using a python2.7 binary. So I tried setting
> | > >
> | > >
> command_interpreter="/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/local/bin/python2.7"
> | > >
> | > > but then I got
> | > >
> | > > /etc/rc.d/syncserver: WARNING: $command_interpreter
> /home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/local/bin/python2.7 != /bin/sh
> | > >
> | > > Is there a way to get python programs running nicely with rc.d and
> pid support (i.e. “status” and “stop” support)?
> | > > [...]
> | >
> | > Was `command' adjusted too to the path of the script?
> | > Can you please share the possible problematic rc.d script?
> | >
> | > pkgsrc/chat/miniircd/files/miniircd.sh is a possible example (but it
> | > doesn't use any pidfile).
> |
> | I think the issue is with the pidfile support. Starting the service works
> fine.
> |
> | Attached are the rc.d script and the file from /usr/local that is the
> | actual start script.
> | Thomas
#!/bin/sh
#
# $NetBSD$
#
# PROVIDE: syncserver
# REQUIRE: DAEMON
. /etc/rc.subr
name="syncserver"
rcvar=${name}
command="/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/local/bin/gunicorn"
command_interpreter="/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/local/bin/python2.7"
required_files="/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/syncserver.ini"
pidfile="/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/syncserver.pid"
syncserver_chdir="/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/"
syncserver_flags="--paste /home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/syncserver.ini
--access-logfile /var/log/syncserver.log --log-syslog --pid
/home/wiz/Projects/syncserver/syncserver.pid"
load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"
