Re: guacd not starting on boot
Ok, rebuilt with the correct --with-systemd-dir=/lib/systemd/system and now I had more problems. Launched out of init.d it ran as root, launced out of systemd, the unit file it created has User=daemon so it runs as daemon. Problem with that is only root has access to /var/run and to the encryption key file so I changed it back to root despite that being less secure. Lastly it still failed because it tried to start before /misc was mounted which is where the key file was so I modified the unit file line: After=network.target to: After=network.target misc.mount /misc is the file system where I have the encryption certs and keys. Now it starts properly after a reboot. Downside, as with when it ran out of /etc/init.d, it is running as root which from a security perspective is undesirable. What guacd should have is an item that goes into guacd.conf for user and group so it can start as root, write the pid file and read the necessary cert and key files, and then switch to said user and group just like Apache httpd and tomcat do. Then it could be both secure and functional. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Nick Couchman wrote: Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:09:14 -0400 From: Nick Couchman Reply-To: user@guacamole.apache.org To: user@guacamole.apache.org Subject: Re: guacd not starting on boot On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:07 PM Robert Dinse wrote: I have guacd installed, built with the --with-systemd flag and it does not install a systemd file but an initd file which systemd recognizes and says it installs however, while systemctl start guacd works fine and systemctl enable guacd indicates it did the right thing, it does not start upon boot, I have to manually start it. Because some of the things it uses are on NFS partitions, I suspect it's trying to start before NFS is up and failing. A couple of notes: - The "--with-systemd" flag is not valid. The flag is "--with-systemd-dir=", where directory is the location where you'd like the systemd files installed. Can you please verify if that's the flag you're using, and if you're specifying a directory, like /etc/systemd/system or /usr/lib/systemd/system? - Have you tried removing the initd file, reloading systemd (systemctl daemon-reload) and seeing if the systemd unit then references the unit file (assuming it's actually being installed)? - If you have guacd running in a situation where NFS is required for guacd to start you're going to have to make some modifications to either the initd script or the systemd script. It sounds like, in this case, that the issue is not with either the guacd initd or systemd files, but with a customized environment you have. That's fine - we certainly don't expect every environment to follow the ones we're used to; however, you may have to do a little tweaking to the scripts to make them wait for NFS to be up before starting guacd, if guacd is on a NFS share. I would suspect even if you get the systemd script to install that you'll still have the same issue, because the standard systemd unit file we provide does not require NFS to be up. Fortunately, those changes should be relatively trivial to either the initd script or the systemd unit file. -Nick
Re: guacd not starting on boot
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:07 PM Robert Dinse wrote: > > I have guacd installed, built with the --with-systemd flag and it > does > not install a systemd file but an initd file which systemd recognizes and > says it installs however, while systemctl start guacd works fine and > systemctl enable guacd indicates it did the right thing, it does not start > upon boot, I have to manually start it. Because some of the things it uses > are on NFS partitions, I suspect it's trying to start before NFS is up and > failing. > > A couple of notes: - The "--with-systemd" flag is not valid. The flag is "--with-systemd-dir=", where directory is the location where you'd like the systemd files installed. Can you please verify if that's the flag you're using, and if you're specifying a directory, like /etc/systemd/system or /usr/lib/systemd/system? - Have you tried removing the initd file, reloading systemd (systemctl daemon-reload) and seeing if the systemd unit then references the unit file (assuming it's actually being installed)? - If you have guacd running in a situation where NFS is required for guacd to start you're going to have to make some modifications to either the initd script or the systemd script. It sounds like, in this case, that the issue is not with either the guacd initd or systemd files, but with a customized environment you have. That's fine - we certainly don't expect every environment to follow the ones we're used to; however, you may have to do a little tweaking to the scripts to make them wait for NFS to be up before starting guacd, if guacd is on a NFS share. I would suspect even if you get the systemd script to install that you'll still have the same issue, because the standard systemd unit file we provide does not require NFS to be up. Fortunately, those changes should be relatively trivial to either the initd script or the systemd unit file. -Nick
Re: guacd not starting on boot
You don't need a threaded reader - just choose the most relevant message and reply to that, as you would with any email conversation. - Mike On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 17:39 Robert Dinse wrote: > > Sorry I am not precisely good at remembering what I put in the > starting > line. You might use a threaded mail reader, not everyone, including > myself, > does. > > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. > Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. > See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) > 246-6874. > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Mike Jumper wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:36:34 -0700 > > From: Mike Jumper > > Reply-To: user@guacamole.apache.org > > To: user@guacamole.apache.org > > Subject: Re: guacd not starting on boot > > > > Robert, please stop recreating your threads with new subject lines. It > > splits the conversation unnecessarily when the topic is not changing. > > > > For anyone encountering this thread, please see the original thread > titled > > "guacd startup": > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0fec8a9906c86318b4de4356174c67492aa61aad3dc4a743fe87e9ee@%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E > > > > - Mike > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 5:07 PM Robert Dinse wrote: > > > >> > >> I have guacd installed, built with the --with-systemd flag and it > >> does > >> not install a systemd file but an initd file which systemd recognizes > and > >> says it installs however, while systemctl start guacd works fine and > >> systemctl enable guacd indicates it did the right thing, it does not > start > >> upon boot, I have to manually start it. Because some of the things it > uses > >> are on NFS partitions, I suspect it's trying to start before NFS is up > and > >> failing. > >> > >> > >> > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > >> Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and > Hosting. > >> Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script > readers. > >> See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) > >> 246-6874. > >> > > >
Re: guacd not starting on boot
Sorry I am not precisely good at remembering what I put in the starting line. You might use a threaded mail reader, not everyone, including myself, does. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Mike Jumper wrote: Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:36:34 -0700 From: Mike Jumper Reply-To: user@guacamole.apache.org To: user@guacamole.apache.org Subject: Re: guacd not starting on boot Robert, please stop recreating your threads with new subject lines. It splits the conversation unnecessarily when the topic is not changing. For anyone encountering this thread, please see the original thread titled "guacd startup": https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0fec8a9906c86318b4de4356174c67492aa61aad3dc4a743fe87e9ee@%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E - Mike On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 5:07 PM Robert Dinse wrote: I have guacd installed, built with the --with-systemd flag and it does not install a systemd file but an initd file which systemd recognizes and says it installs however, while systemctl start guacd works fine and systemctl enable guacd indicates it did the right thing, it does not start upon boot, I have to manually start it. Because some of the things it uses are on NFS partitions, I suspect it's trying to start before NFS is up and failing. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874.
Re: guacd not starting on boot
Robert, please stop recreating your threads with new subject lines. It splits the conversation unnecessarily when the topic is not changing. For anyone encountering this thread, please see the original thread titled "guacd startup": https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0fec8a9906c86318b4de4356174c67492aa61aad3dc4a743fe87e9ee@%3Cuser.guacamole.apache.org%3E - Mike On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 5:07 PM Robert Dinse wrote: > > I have guacd installed, built with the --with-systemd flag and it > does > not install a systemd file but an initd file which systemd recognizes and > says it installs however, while systemctl start guacd works fine and > systemctl enable guacd indicates it did the right thing, it does not start > upon boot, I have to manually start it. Because some of the things it uses > are on NFS partitions, I suspect it's trying to start before NFS is up and > failing. > > > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. > Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. > See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) > 246-6874. >
guacd not starting on boot
I have guacd installed, built with the --with-systemd flag and it does not install a systemd file but an initd file which systemd recognizes and says it installs however, while systemctl start guacd works fine and systemctl enable guacd indicates it did the right thing, it does not start upon boot, I have to manually start it. Because some of the things it uses are on NFS partitions, I suspect it's trying to start before NFS is up and failing. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Eskimo North Linux Friendly Internet Access, Shell Accounts, and Hosting. Knowledgeable human assistance, not telephone trees or script readers. See our web site: http://www.eskimo.com/ (206) 812-0051 or (800) 246-6874.
Re: guacd startup
I gave it --with-systemd but when I enable it I still get:
systemctl enable guacd
guacd.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable guacd
And systemctl status guacd still shows:
â guacd.service - LSB: Guacamole proxy daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/guacd; generated)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-03-10 00:00:05 PST; 35min ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 10.6M
CGroup: /system.slice/guacd.service
ââ18489 /usr/local/sbin/guacd -p /var/run/guacd.pid
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Lev Dubinets wrote:
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:32:56 +
From: Lev Dubinets
Reply-To: user@guacamole.apache.org
To: "user@guacamole.apache.org"
Subject: Re: guacd startup
This looks like an init.d script, not a systemd unit. My understanding was that
the --with-systemd flag should make guacd install an actual systemd unit.
From: Robert Dinse
Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:51 PM
To: user@guacamole.apache.org
Subject: Re: guacd startup
#!/bin/sh
#
# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#
https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apache.org%2Flicenses%2FLICENSE-2.0data=02%7C01%7C%7C3a304263f1074fa9068508d6a52d33d7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636878010886914636sdata=QeKTklfBVkQIdh1f7vCIXPOirRI0sjQZL1TY4iBC%2FJc%3Dreserved=0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.
#
# guacd
#
# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
# description: Guacamole proxy daemon
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: guacd
# Required-Start:$network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Guacamole proxy daemon
# Description: The Guacamole proxy daemon, required to translate remote desktop
protocols into the text-based Guacamole protocol used by the JavaScript
application.
### END INIT INFO
prog="guacd"
exec="/usr/local/sbin/$prog"
pidfile="/var/run/$prog.pid"
# Returns PID of currently running process, if any
getpid() {
if [ -f "$pidfile" ]
then
read PID < "$pidfile"
# If pidfile contains PID and PID is valid
if [ -n "$PID" ] && ps "$PID" > /dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "$PID"
return 0
fi
fi
# pidfile/pid not found, or process is dead
return 1
}
start() {
[ -x $exec ] || exit 5
echo -n "Starting $prog: "
getpid > /dev/null || $exec -p "$pidfile"
retval=$?
case "$retval" in
0)
echo "SUCCESS"
;;
*)
echo "FAIL"
;;
esac
return $retval
}
stop() {
echo -n "Stopping $prog: "
PID=`getpid`
retval=$?
case "$retval" in
0)
if kill $PID > /dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "SUCCESS"
return 0
fi
echo "FAIL"
return 1
;;
*)
echo "SUCCESS (not running)"
return 0
;;
esac
}
restart() {
stop && start
}
force_reload() {
restart
}
status() {
PID=`getpid`
retval=$?
case "$retval" in
0)
echo "$prog is running with PID=$PID."
;;
*)
echo "$prog is not running."
;;
esac
return $retval
}
case "$1" in
start|stop|status|restart|force-reload)
$1
;;
try-restart)
status && restart
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|try-restart|force-reload}"
exit 2
esac
exit $?
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Re: guacd startup
This looks like an init.d script, not a systemd unit. My understanding was that
the --with-systemd flag should make guacd install an actual systemd unit.
From: Robert Dinse
Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:51 PM
To: user@guacamole.apache.org
Subject: Re: guacd startup
#!/bin/sh
#
# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
# distributed with this work for additional information
# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#
https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apache.org%2Flicenses%2FLICENSE-2.0data=02%7C01%7C%7C3a304263f1074fa9068508d6a52d33d7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636878010886914636sdata=QeKTklfBVkQIdh1f7vCIXPOirRI0sjQZL1TY4iBC%2FJc%3Dreserved=0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.
#
# guacd
#
# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
# description: Guacamole proxy daemon
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: guacd
# Required-Start:$network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Guacamole proxy daemon
# Description: The Guacamole proxy daemon, required to translate remote desktop
protocols into the text-based Guacamole protocol used by the JavaScript
application.
### END INIT INFO
prog="guacd"
exec="/usr/local/sbin/$prog"
pidfile="/var/run/$prog.pid"
# Returns PID of currently running process, if any
getpid() {
if [ -f "$pidfile" ]
then
read PID < "$pidfile"
# If pidfile contains PID and PID is valid
if [ -n "$PID" ] && ps "$PID" > /dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "$PID"
return 0
fi
fi
# pidfile/pid not found, or process is dead
return 1
}
start() {
[ -x $exec ] || exit 5
echo -n "Starting $prog: "
getpid > /dev/null || $exec -p "$pidfile"
retval=$?
case "$retval" in
0)
echo "SUCCESS"
;;
*)
echo "FAIL"
;;
esac
return $retval
}
stop() {
echo -n "Stopping $prog: "
PID=`getpid`
retval=$?
case "$retval" in
0)
if kill $PID > /dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "SUCCESS"
return 0
fi
echo "FAIL"
return 1
;;
*)
echo "SUCCESS (not running)"
return 0
;;
esac
}
restart() {
stop && start
}
force_reload() {
restart
}
status() {
PID=`getpid`
retval=$?
case "$retval" in
0)
echo "$prog is running with PID=$PID."
;;
*)
echo "$prog is not running."
;;
esac
return $retval
}
case "$1" in
start|stop|status|restart|force-reload)
$1
;;
try-restart)
status && restart
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|try-restart|force-reload}"
exit 2
esac
exit $?
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Lev Dubinets wrote:
> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 07:26:29 +
> From: Lev Dubinets
> Reply-To: user@guacamole.apache.org
> To: Robert Dinse ,
> "user@guacamole.apache.org"
> Subject: Re: guacd startup
>
> Can you paste the contents of your systemd unit file? You should be able to
> find the location by using `systemctl status guacd` and it will say "Loaded:
> loaded (...path...)". The contents of the file at that path would be helpful
> for diagnosing your issue. Also, what Linux distro are you using?
>
> Lev
>
>
>
> From: Robert Dinse
> Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:20 PM
> To: user@guacamole.apache.org
> Subject: guacd startup
>
>
> I used the --with-systemd or whatever it was to generate a systemd unit.
> If I type:
>
> systemctl start guacd
>
> Guacd starts.
