On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Anselm Lingnau wrote:
> I still think it is unwise to do a major review of LPIC-1 just now, but if we
> have to, »mostly systemd with awareness of SysV init« is probably a much more
> future-proof approach than »mostly SysV init with an awareness of systemd«.

Last May (2013), regarding LPIC-2, I advised we at least introduce
both Upstart and systemd with the lowest-level of Bloom Taxonomy,
Knowledge (Weight 1), whether it be in LPIC-2 or in the next revision
of LPIC-1.


QUOTE:  [bjs-13MayA]
'Might I suggest we start in this rev with Bloom's Knowledge (weight 1) [1]
type questions.  E.g.,
 - Identify Upstart system init and event configuration (/etc/init,
/etc/events.d)
 - Identify systemd reference and site local configuration (/lib/systemd,
/etc/systemd) for services (.service files)

I would also advise we include a topic on identification of the init.  E.g.,
 - systemd is almost always a symlink from /sbin/init to
/lib/systemd/systemd
 - Upstart is a bit more difficult to identify without the package systems'
solution (it replaces /sbin/init)'


There is also room for additional Bloom's Understanding (Weight 2).


QUOTE:  [bjs-13MayA]
'BTW, because packages sometimes drop in files for different inits, whether
they are in use or not,
 - Just because /etc/init and/or /etc/events exists, does not mean Upstart
is in use, correspondingly.
 - Just because /sbin/systemd or /etc/systemd exists, it also does not mean
systemd is in use
Some of these might be more Understanding (weight 2).  As more systems
adopt both, we can expand the complexity and weight of the questions in
future revisions.  At that time, I would definitely like to see Objectives
target differences between Upstart init/event files and .service files of
systemd -- killing two birds with one stone (same questions, can be used to
cover for both).'


Regarding the "distro-specific" arguments, and SysV, let's not forget
the SysV is still supported by both Upstart and systemd, and should
_never_ be dropped.


QUOTE:  [bjs-13MayB]
'In reality, init and system management aspects should be rolled into one.
 Figuring out what is the init program, where are its configuration files
for init, events, etc... for services, etc...  I think that gets pretty
non-specific.  Especially the event-based stuff, that's not really
Upstart-specific.
I.e., I still have to go over this too many times with sysadmins, both
RHEL6 and Ubuntu, with Upstart.  We should have LPI professionals who
understand these details.  We're 3+ years in now.  ;)
...
SysV init concepts will _always_ be around. Both Upstart and systemd
support SysV init scripts.  Heck, systemd can even monitor SysV init forked
processes by Socket dependencies (it automagically detects) without any
configuration.'


-- bjs

Archives:
[bjs-13MayA] 
http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/lpi-examdev/2013-May/002386.html
[bjs-13MayB] 
http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/lpi-examdev/2013-May/002395.html


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