On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:38 PM, D.S. Ljungmark <spi...@aanstoot.se> wrote: > On 24/11/14 20:30, Umut Tezduyar Lindskog wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Monday, November 24, 2014, D.S. Ljungmark <spi...@aanstoot.se >> <mailto:spi...@aanstoot.se>> wrote: >> >> On 10/11/14 23:09, Lennart Poettering wrote: >> > On Thu, 30.10.14 18:47, D.S. Ljungmark (spi...@aanstoot.se >> <javascript:;>) wrote: >> > >> >> Hi >> >> we have a service set to: >> >> ConditionFileNotEmpty= >> >> >> >> and >> >> >> >> Restart=Always >> >> >> >> >> >> This combination would (in my feebled mind) cause the service to >> restart >> >> once the Condition was fulfilled, but that doesn't seem to be the >> >> case. >> > >> > Conditions are something that are on-time evaluated right before we >> > would start a unit, and cause this starting to be shortcut. That's all >> > really. Restarts are only triggered when a running service dies, and >> > the start job queued by that will then check the conditions again. If >> > the condition doesn't hold then this start will not be executed, and >> > hence no restart ever again either... >> > >> >> Is there a way I can get a service to restart even after it has >> been set >> >> as inactive (dead) "start condition failed"? >> > >> > Nope, conditions are not for that. For the specific check of >> > file-not-empty there's no nice way to handle this, however for >> > directory-not-empty you could set up DirectoryNotEmpty=... >> > >> >> Should I simply remove the Condition, or something else? >> > >> > What precisely are you trying to do? >> > >> > Lennart >> >> Basically, some files (config & certificates) may not exist on a system >> until it's provisioned properly, something that may take a while ( a few >> days) >> >> After provisioning, we want the services depending on those file to >> start automatically. >> >> >> Path unit files should work for >> you, http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.path.html >> >> Umut > > Thanks, those would work well. I take it those should be in combination > to the ConditionFileNotEmpty= for the same files?
I believe you need to use ConditionFileNotEmpty=. Did it work out for you? Umut > > > > //D.S. > > > -- > 8362 CB14 98AD 11EF CEB6 FA81 FCC3 7674 449E 3CFC > _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
