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From: Everett, Vernon [mailto:user-9da1a1882f49@xymon.invalid] Sent: Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2007 02:25
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Client as a Service on Solaris 10

 
Hi all 
I have set up my Hobbit clients to run (and auto-start) as a service on
Solaris 10. Thought I would share this with the list. (If I have reinvented the wheel, then apologies for cluttering the list,
but I couldn't find anything like this anywhere else)

T.J. Are you still looking after the Hobbit Wiki? If enough people find this guide useful, it might be good to add it to
the Wiki. 
For those of you familiar with Solaris 10, you should know about
services, but for some, adding new ones is a little tricky.

To get Hobbit working as a sevice we need to do the following. 
Create the file /var/svc/manifest/application/hobbit.xml In it, put the following <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM
"/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1"> <!--     Copyright 2007 Vernon Everett - vernon(a)everett.co.za     Free for use and distibution for non-commercial purposes.     No warranty exists either implicit or implied.     Standard disclaimer applies.     Commercial use is subject to license terms. --> 
<service_bundle type='manifest' name='Hobbit-monitor:hobbit'> 
<service     name='application/hobbit'     type='service'     version='1'> 
        <dependency             name='filesystem'             grouping='require_all'             restart_on='none'             type='service'>                 <service_fmri value='svc:/system/filesystem/local'/>         </dependency> 
        <dependency             name='multi-user-server'             grouping='optional_all'             type='service'             restart_on='none'>                 <service_fmri value='svc:/milestone/multi-user-server'
/>         </dependency> 
        <exec_method             type='method'             name='start'             exec='/usr/lib/hobbit/client/runclient.sh start'             timeout_seconds='10'>       <method_context>         <method_credential user='hobbit'/>       </method_context>         </exec_method> 
        <exec_method             type='method'             name='stop'             exec='/usr/lib/hobbit/client/runclient.sh stop'             timeout_seconds='10'>       <method_context>         <method_credential user='hobbit' />       </method_context>         </exec_method> 
        <exec_method             type='method'             name='restart'             exec='/usr/lib/hobbit/client/runclient.sh restart'             timeout_seconds='10'  >       <method_context>         <method_credential user='hobbit' />       </method_context>         </exec_method> 
        <instance name='default' enabled='true' /> 
        <stability value='Unstable' /> 
        <template>                 <common_name>                         <loctext xml:lang='C'>                                 Hobbit Monitor Client                         </loctext>                 </common_name>         </template> </service> 
</service_bundle> 
Take note of lines 37, 47 and 57, the lines that start "exec=". You may

To avoid confusion or possible issues, shut down your hobbit client at
this point using the runclient script. 
Now, as root, run the command # svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/application/hobbit.xml 
We should now have a service called hobbit. # svcs | grep hobbit online          9:23:05 svc:/application/hobbit:default (It will probably have gone online at this point) 
You can now treat it as you would a regular service. If it hasn't gone online, kick it off as normal. # svcadm enable hobbit It may be necessary to do a disable and then an enable, but that should
get it going. And because we have set the default as enabled, the service should start
automagically when you do a reboot. 
Confirm it's all good by doing a # ps -efa | grep hobbit All the usual scripts should be running. 
If you don't want it as a serivce anymore, as root run # svccfg delete hobbit. This will remove the service, and allow you to continue running it from
the runclient script. 
Have fun. 
Regards      Vernon 
 
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:47:48 +0100
From: user-769b09132207@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit Client as a Service on Solaris 10


This is already documented
on The Shire:


http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/addons:hobbitsmf


From:
Everett, Vernon [mailto:user-9da1a1882f49@xymon.invalid]

Sent: Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2007
02:25

To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid

Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Client as
a Service on Solaris 10


Hi
all


I
have set up my Hobbit clients to run (and auto-start) as a service on Solaris
10.

Thought
I would share this with the list.

(If I
have reinvented the wheel, then apologies for cluttering the list, but I
couldn't find anything like this anywhere else)


T.J.
Are you still looking after the Hobbit Wiki?

If
enough people find this guide useful, it might be good to add it to the Wiki.


For
those of you familiar with Solaris 10, you should know about services, but for
some, adding new ones is a little tricky.


To
get Hobbit working as a sevice we need to do the following.


Create
the file /var/svc/manifest/application/hobbit.xml


In it,
put the following

Take
note of lines 37, 47 and 57, the lines that start "exec=". You may
need to edit the path to your Hob bit start script.


To
avoid confusion or possible issues, shut down your hobbit client at this point
using the runclient script.


Now,
as root, run the command

#
svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/application/hobbit.xml


We
should now have a service called hobbit.

#
svcs | grep hobbit

online
9:23:05 svc:/application/hobbit:default

(It
will probably have gone online at this point)


You
can now treat it as you would a regular service.

If it
hasn't gone online, kick it off as normal.

#
svcadm enable hobbit

It may
be necessary to do a disable and then an enable, but that should get it going.


And
because we have set the default as enabled, the service should start
automagically when you do a reboot.


Confirm
it's all good by doing a # ps -efa | grep hobbit


All
the usual scripts should be running.


If
you don't want it as a serivce anymore, as root run

#
svccfg delete hobbit.

This
will remove the service, and allow you to continue running it from the
runclient script.


Have
fun.


Regards


Vernon


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