Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running.
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Configure owner and permissions for upstart log files
When logging an upstart job with the standard console log stanza, can the resulting log files in /var/log/upstart be configured to be written with a mode or owner other than the default?
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Correct way to install a custom upstart service
I am using upstart for services on my servers. Writing a conf file and placing it in /etc/init is easy enough, but that doesn't seem to completely install. For one, the service --status-all doesn't ...
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My process is already daemonized before calling fork
I am starting process with upstart, to run as service using following command but looks like before i call the fork in main() of testservice it's already running as daemon. Any ideas what could be ...
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Upstart and core files
I have an upstart job that occasionally crashes with a segmentation fault, and I have a few questions about core dumps.
First, should I add a stanza:
limit core unlimited unlimited
Is there a ...
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Command fails to execute in upstart session job
This command:
mongod --fork --dbpath ../data --smallfiles --logpath ../data/mongo.log
runs perfectly from terminal, while in directory /mongo/bin/
But, when I use same command and directory for ...
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Systemd is installed on Ubuntu Raring?
Systemd appears to be installed in Ubuntu Raring. What does it provide that upstart doesn't provide? Why is it there? I thought Ubuntu was keeping upstart.
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Upstart: report (email, log) on respawn and failure
I would like to get an email when an upstart job fails and respawns, and when all respawns are depleted, and the job fails.
How can I do that?
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Restart Upstart
I'm in the process of building a job to work in upstart, and any time I have even a typo the entire upstart breaks; not just my job. Is there any way to reload upstart without rebooting?
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Am I using upstart correctly?
I'm trying to write a startup script for my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop that pings my Netgear router every 30 seconds (this is necessary as a nasty workaround for a separate problem I'm having). I read this ...
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How to modify the LiveUSB to execute a script upon boot
I have created a live usb image (ubuntu desktop) using live usb creator. Now what I am required to do is to boot through the LiveUSB and when it finishes booting it will perform some operation such as ...
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Upstart can't start MySQL
After an installation of MySQL, I get a few errors and I can't run the MySQL daemon. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, and I'm not sure what's going on.
Here's a snippit of what ...
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Powernap daemon doesn't start with upstart
I have a problem with powernap daemon on kubuntu 13.04, which doesn't start with upstart (or with /etc/init.d/powernap start). On my other machine with ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS it starts ok.
$ sudo service ...
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Shutdown slow: unknown job s35networking
Since I've upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 from 12.04 LTS, I get this error when I shutdown the pc:
rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility service S35 ...
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How should I start MongoDB on a NUMA machine?
When I first installed MongoDB 2.2.3 with apt-get, following the instructions from 10gen installation guide, it auto starts when the server starts.
However, after following the instructions in ...
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What's the recommended way to enable / disable services?
I read about how to enable and disable services in Ubuntu and it seems that there are different possibilities to manage them.
The first method I found is update-rc.d to add new services to startup, ...
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Upgrading to Upstart 1.8 in Quantal
Wondering if anybody has any tips for upgrading the version of upstart on Quantal from 1.5 (shipped) to the latest version 1.8.
With 1.7 & 1.8 Upstart brought in some extra support for how env ...
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Startup script doesn't execute at startup
I have followed the tutorial here that shows how to setup the No-ip update program to start at system startup.
I have done exactly as specified here, yet the program still doesn't start. Also, when I ...
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Why is this laptop taking almost 1 minute to boot Ubuntu 13.04?
My dad's new HP Pavilion dv6 laptop running Ubuntu 13.04 takes almost a minute to boot up - it seems like it's hanging somewhere. Is there something I can do to easily fix it?
I need some help ...
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Upstart script doesn't start
Ubuntu 10.04
I have created this upstart script (/etc/init/pure-ftpd.conf):
# pure-ftpd - FTP server
description "Pure-FTPd server"
start on filesystem
stop on runlevel S
respawn
respawn limit ...
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Where is Unity startup script in rc?.d
I've been reading about runlevels and startup scripts lately, and I've learnt that runlevels 2 to 5 are the same in Ubuntu, and that Ubuntu's default runlevel is 2.
What I want to do
I want to ...
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Has behaviour of upstart changed in 13.04
I have an upstart conf that mounts a remote nfs at startup. Previously (in 12.10) it used
start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
in 13.04 this no longer works - I tried all ...
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Starting java processes with Upstart
I want to start a java process using Upstart. Currently, on our OpenSuSE servers, I use the System V init system to achieve this, but on our Ubuntu servers I'd rather use Upstart. But I have two ...
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Why are there start 'S' symlinks in rc0.d (shutdown) and rc6.d (reboot)?
Start 'S' symlinks in shutdown and restart runlevels?
Why are there 'S00-S99' start symlinks in rc0.d and rc6.d? Ubuntu 13.04 directory listing:
$ ls -l /etc/init.d/rc6.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root ...
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Why isn't my upstart service starting on system boot?
Following on from this question, I have written a simple upstart service (/etc/init/pms.conf) for my headless Ubuntu Server 11.04 box as follows:
start on filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=eth0
stop ...
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apport package hook for 3rd-party package not being called
I have a proprietary package, installed via a .deb file. The package provides an upstart script which uses the respawn stanza - i.e. the executable gets restarted when it is killed, even with a ...
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initctl status autofs is stuck on stop/starting
We have an issue with Upstart not restarting the autofs job when the automount process dies, and the Upstart job status gets stuck in the "stop/starting" state. The process is not automatically ...
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How can I add an upstart script specifically to the end of the boot sequence?
Is there a simple way to determine the last upstart script to run, so I can add my custom bits to depend on that one stub?
I'm asking so I can resolve the Ubuntu-desktop on Nexus 7 bug of audio not ...
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Start and stop parameters in init script
I have .conf a file in /etc/init/ with this code at the bottom:
start on (started network-interface
or started network-manager
or started networking)
stop on (stopping ...
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Upstart with a script that start and finish their own processes
I'm trying to setup in Upstart a script that launch several internal procs and kill them if is required
$ listener.py -startall
$ listener.py -killall
I can run it with this settings:
# Listener ...
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How can I inspect Upstart Job States Transitions Using log file?
I want to have a look at the states transitions using the method described here:
http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#viewing-state-transitions.
This is what I do:
# initctl log-priority debug
# ...
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Why can't we remove bluetooth service the reguler way?
The usual way to remove services from startup scripts is to remove it from starting up in the first place (man update-rc.d). Meaning removing the symbolic link to /lib/init. In this case executing ...
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Upstart script that depends on init.d scripts?
I have an upstart script to start a custom nodejs app. The app depends on couchdb and elasticsearch. couchdb and elasticsearch provide init.d scripts for starting/stopping them. Is it possible to tell ...
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How will I be able to enable user mode for Upstart on on 13.04?
Once 13.04 comes out, I'd like to install it with the unsupported "Upstart user mode." I have read the docs and see the "from TTY" information, but it's not clear how to make the login from LightDM ...
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Startup script for spawn-fcgi
I would like to use spawn-fcgi to start a web.py application on system boot. Is there any facility for managing spawn-fcgi through Upstart? (Is Upstart the modern system for managing services, or ...
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How do I restart conky and nautilus whenever they crash?
Many times nautilus crashes because of various reasons. When nautilus crash, it crashes with conky. The only way to get back conky and active desktop is to start nautilus and conky from terminal.
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Can I use a custom shell with upstart script stanza?
I'm writing a few daemons implemented in pure shell script and would like to use zsh(powerful substitutions, modules with socket/tcp handling, etc) instead of the default /bin/sh. Can I tell the ...
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How to set a Upstart job to start manually?
I want to disable a bunch of upstart jobs here. I know how to make a upstart job. And also I know how to stop manually a job. However, I can't find a sample where I turn a automatically job into a ...
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Problems with upstart script in ~/.init
I'm experimenting with running Sonar on my Linux desktop box. I wanted to make it start up automatically on startup of the box, but it's ok for it to run as me.
I created "~/.init/sonar.conf" with ...
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Problem sourcing variables inside Upstart
I'm trying to use the variables defined in /etc/environment in an upstart script running on 12.04.
I'm able to export the variable to the child process but for some reason I not able to use them in ...
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Upstart script for a transmission-daemon executed as a normal user
I have done a script to start transmission-daemon as a normal user:
start on filesystem
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
pre-start script
test -x /usr/bin/transmission-daemon ...
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nothing is written in a file created from a upstart job
I have a program in /home/me/bin/foo, typically compiled from :
// includes
...
#define PATHNAME "/home/me/bin/bar.txt"
int main ()
{
FILE* f;
f = fopen(PATHNAME, "wb"); // I skip the possible ...
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Strange firefox problems when started by xinit
when I start firefox console via:
xinit /usr/bin/firefox
firefox is not working properly:
html select elements does not work (unable to change default value)
after opening local pages (I.e. ...
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How is nbd-server supposed to start at boot time under Ubuntu 12.04?
So, a client upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 on a whim. Suddenly things didn't work. They have a couple old machines that they use as terminals with LTSP. After the upgrade they couldn't get the ...
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Is there an ncurses tool for upstart similar to ntsysv or sysv-rc-conf?
I'd like to be able to use a terminal or console to configure runlevels. I don't need the conditions for starting and stopping services to be any more complicated than sysv. I just want to base ...
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Starting bumblebeed on boot
I have recently installed bumblebee and it works great - except that bumblebeed doesn't start automatically when I boot. I have tried to run $ sudo update-rc.d bumblebeed defaults, but it doesn't make ...
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user upstart job in ~/.init/ is not found
Running 12.04, I have the following upstart job in ~/.init/:
# myjob
start on net-device-up
stop on [!12345]
script
echo ">> hello from user script" >> ~/tmp/upstart.log
end script
...
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Ubuntu 12.04, why service procps start doesn't start procps?
I have been trying to get some settings in /etc/sysctl.conf to take effect upon rebooting. So, I did the following as the root user on this node running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit
# service procps ...
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alternative of “chkconfig” command in Ubuntu 12.04 or lower
How to use chkconfig --list in Ubuntu .
It's asking for install this but I don't have privilege to install any package on the server and have to fix the issue.
As I am working with redhat/Centos, but ...
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declaring dependencies in upstart
It seems as if the accepted way to specify a dependency of service A on service B in upstart is to work in the reverse dependency direction: give service B a start on starting A stanza.
I'd like to ...
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How to check if openvpn is connected in Upstart?
I need to run a script after mysql and openvpn are started (Ubuntu for ARM).
I can succesfully run the script with upstart with this .conf:
# my upstart for logging boot
start on (starting openvpn ...
