Omon Edeki (Nowell, Inc) wrote: > My program does fork(), could that have anything to do with why upstart is > not able to respawn it? If so, how can I get around this? >
The simplest way is to tell it not to :) Most apps take an option. I recommend augmenting yours with one as well. --CJD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harald Hoyer" <har...@redhat.com> > To: "Omon Edeki (Nowell, Inc)" <omon.ed...@nowellgroup.com> > Cc: <upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:45 AM > Subject: Re: /etc/inittab respawn daemon entry > > > >> Look in the tty files: >> >> # cyclone >> # >> >> start on stopped rc2 >> start on stopped rc3 >> start on stopped rc4 >> start on started prefdm >> >> stop on runlevel 0 >> stop on runlevel 1 >> stop on runlevel 6 >> >> respawn >> exec /etc/spyforce/cyclone >> >> >> Omon Edeki (Nowell, Inc) wrote: >> >>> Also I am using upstart 0.3.9 >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Omon Edeki (Nowell, Inc)" <omon.ed...@nowellgroup.com> >>> To: "Garrett Cooper" <yaneg...@gmail.com> >>> Cc: <upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:14 AM >>> Subject: Re: /etc/inittab respawn daemon entry >>> >>> >>> >>>> Greetings again. Here is the content of my file called 'syncjenius_win' >>>> that >>>> I placed in the /etc/event.d directory (Is this the right directory?) on >>>> Fedora 10 >>>> >>>> # cyclone >>>> # >>>> # This service is started automatically by init >>>> # >>>> >>>> description "cyclone daemon" >>>> author "Nowell, Inc" >>>> >>>> start on startup >>>> >>>> start on runlevel 2 >>>> start on runlevel 3 >>>> start on runlevel 4 >>>> start on runlevel 5 >>>> >>>> >>>> stop on runlevel 0 >>>> stop on runlevel 1 >>>> stop on runlevel 6 >>>> >>>> respawn >>>> exec /etc/spyforce/cyclone >>>> >>>> [END] >>>> >>>> -The program does start on boot (good) >>>> -We ran a test to see if will actually restart if terminated. >>>> - When you send the /etc/spyforce/cyclone the kill signal it DOES NOT >>>> restart >>>> -We want it such that if for any reason the program is stopped or >>>> terminated >>>> it MUST restart as it was in earlier versions of linux when we used >>>> inittab >>>> >>>> Please if anyone can help Ill appreciate it. Also am I placing my file >>>> in >>>> the right directory? Currently I have it placed in /etc/event.d >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Omon >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Garrett Cooper" <yaneg...@gmail.com> >>>> To: "Omon Edeki (Nowell, Inc)" <omon.ed...@nowellgroup.com> >>>> Cc: <upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:17 PM >>>> Subject: Re: /etc/inittab respawn daemon entry >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Omon Edeki (Nowell, Inc) >>>>> <omon.ed...@nowellgroup.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Greetings everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a SPECIFIC question. We are migrating our server application >>>>>> daemon/service from an earlier version on Linux to Fedora 10. Fedora >>>>>> 10 >>>>>> appears to use a program called upstart. >>>>>> >>>>>> Our older program used the /etc/inittab to bootup and it had this >>>>>> entry >>>>>> >>>>>> cyc:2345:respawn:/etc/spyforce/cyclone >>>>>> >>>>>> Essentially when the system booted up, the program cyclone would run >>>>>> and >>>>>> if >>>>>> it every died or was killed, init would seamlessly restart it. >>>>>> >>>>>> My question is how exactly do I replicate this process with the >>>>>> upstart >>>>>> design for Fedora 10? Also I tried entering some commands in a file in >>>>>> the >>>>>> Fedora 10 /etc/event.d directory. I created a file and tried but I >>>>>> could >>>>>> not >>>>>> replicate the formed init respawn process. Can I get some advice or >>>>>> documentation about specifically how to do this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Respectfully, >>>>>> >>>>>> Omon >>>>>> >>>>> Omon, >>>>> >>>>> 1. F10 comes with Upstart 0.3.9. Not sure when they'll be able to >>>>> upgrade to 0.5.0 >>>>> 2. If you were using 0.5.0, you'd do something like the following: >>>>> >>>>> # Start me when rc[2-5] startup. >>>>> start on started rc2 rc3 rc4 rc5 >>>>> # Bring me back to life if I die! >>>>> respawn >>>>> # Let me rest in peace if I die >>>>> respawn limit 2 10 >>>>> >>>>> exec /etc/spyforce/cyclone >>>>> >>>>> Some documentation to peruse (again, for 0.5.0 -- not 0.3.9): >>>>> http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/Stanzas . Make sure to hit the kill and >>>>> normal exit stanzas as well. >>>>> >>>>> -Garrett >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> upstart-devel mailing list >>>> upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel >>>> >>> >> -- >> upstart-devel mailing list >> upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel >> > > > -- upstart-devel mailing list upstart-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/upstart-devel
