Questions specific to the "upstart" init system. Do not use for general init issues.
Questions tagged [upstart]
147 questions
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Upstart reload does not work
On a virtualised Ubuntu, I used the command
$ foreman export upstart /etc/init -f Procfile -e conf/development.env -u ubuntu -a my_app -t upstart
And can now start my_app using
$ sudo start my_app
However the following command fails
$ sudo reload…
AJP
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initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart
I recently upgraded my server from Ubuntu V14.04 to V16.04 and now systemctl doesn't seem to work anymore.
I need to prevent transmission-daemon from starting automatically on boot so I issue the command
sudo systemctl disable…
Neal Bailey
- 103
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How is upstart's socket activation used?
Upstart has gained the ability to start a process after a socket is accessed, but I found the feature to be poorly documented. How is a socket-activated daemon and upstart config written?
joeforker
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Upstart - setuid inside post-start stanza
I have this upstart script that looks a bit like this:
setuid userA
setgid userB
script
# ... bunch of stuff run as userA
end script
post-start script
# ... command run as userA
# ... the following command needs to be run as root
…
Ruben Tan
- 123
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Upstart Job as Unprivileged user fails with permission denied
I'm trying to set up a Sage Cell Server (an open source mathematical engine) running as an unprivileged user. I've created the unprivileged user sagecell to do the job. It is installed correctly and, if I run it normally…
Logan
- 136
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Upstart conf to require syslog
Translating SysV to Upstart I want to turn this to Upstart:
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
I'm stuck with translating $syslog..
start on (runlevel [2345] and started remote-filesystem and ???)
What's the…
Chen Harel
- 111
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Upstart and multi-signal shutdown process
I'm running a resque worker service on Ubuntu, and I want to manage it using upstart (the default process manager for Ubuntu).
A proper shutdown sequence for a resque worker is to send the QUIT signal first, and wait for the process to finish any…
Guss
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How to do X when a job hits respawn limit
I have a service named manager, which sometimes updates itself (from some network location). If something wrong happens during this update, like a system shutdown, I want to replace the bad executable with a known-working one. This resulted in me…
tshepang
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How do i configure an Upstart script to run prior to allowing user login?
As part of a system-provisioning process for Ubuntu 14.04, I would like to prevent user logins until my script has completed. I have an upstart job with the following contents:
start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
stop on…
