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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve got a local package installing a systemd template unit file at /etc/systemd/system/koha-mq-scheduler@.service. Now all it takes it “systemctl start koha-mq-scheduler@INSTANCE.service” to start, but in hindsight it actually makes sense to use koha-mq-scheduler script to handle --enable, --disable, --start, --restart, and --stop.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I guess keeping the koha-* scripts makes sense but swapping out “daemon” with systemd template unit files instead. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suppose one thing to keep in mind is “adjust_paths_dev_install”. I’m not familiar with that functionality. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>David Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Systems Librarian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Prosentient Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>72/330 Wattle St<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ultimo, NSW 2007<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 02 9212 0899<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Online: 02 8005 0595<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>dcook@prosentient.com.au<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 4 June 2020 12:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Koha Devel' <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Victor Grousset' <victor.grousset@biblibre.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Koha-devel] Replace some koha-* scripts that use "daemon" with systemd unit files<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What do people think about replacing some of the koha-* script files with systemd unit files?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m creating a service for a RabbitMQ-based task scheduler and my unit file is 17 declarative configuration lines. Creating a koha-mq-scheduler file looks like it’ll be hundreds of lines of shell script code.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My unit file is actually a “template” file, which means I have 1 file in <a href="mailto:/etc/systemd/system/koha-mq-scheduler@.service">/etc/systemd/system/koha-mq-scheduler@.service</a> and I can just invoke “systemctl start <a href="mailto:koha-mq-scheduler@INSTANCE.service">koha-mq-scheduler@INSTANCE.service</a>” to start the service. You can use the %i placeholder in the unit file and it will be replaced with INSTANCE, so you can set paths, environmental variables, et cetera very easily. It’s so easy and convenient.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think all modern Linux OSes use systemd for their init system, so I think it would be pretty safe to use. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m happy to work on this one, but I guess I’d like to see if other people have interest in this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Systems Librarian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Prosentient Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>72/330 Wattle St<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ultimo, NSW 2007<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 02 9212 0899<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Online: 02 8005 0595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>