Hi folks,
i was unable to find a proper System V type startup script for Servoy application server, so I wrote my own (actually, pasted together bits and pieces from other scripts).
With this script you can start and stop the application server and query if it’s running. Also you can use chkconfig to turn the service on/off. Runlevel changes should work nicely too.
One problem with the script is that there is no “nice” way of shutting down the application server from unix shell? Let’s hope it is implemented soon. I’m just killing the processes. This could be disastrous, so the server should still be shut down from the administration console if possible.
All comments are welcome. Especially I wonder if using “kill” to shut down the server really can break something…
DISCLAIMER: Use the code with your own responsibility. Please understand what you’re doing, take backups and and test everything before installing it on your production server.
Installation:
AS ROOT..
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save the script below as /etc/init.d/servoy
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edit the script to ensure all the variables are correct: SRVUSER = your system’s user name to run servoy under, SERVOY_ROOT = servoy installation directory, SERVOY_EXEC = complete path to servoy startup script (servoy_server.sh)
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edit the servoy_server.sh script to include user dir so the server can find the preferences file. Add “-Duser.dir=$HOME/servoy” just after the word “java”.
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make sure you have created a user account for servoy. Important: you shouldn’t run any other processes than servoy application server under this user id.
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try starting, stopping and restarting the server, like this:
# /etc/init.d/servoy start
Starting Servoy services: [ OK ]
# /etc/init.d/servoy restart
Shutting down Servoy services: [ OK ]
Starting Servoy services: [ OK ]
# /etc/init.d/servoy stop
Shutting down Servoy services: [ OK ]
# /etc/init.d/servoy status
application server is not running
.. and verify with your browser that the server really has started and stopped.
- if everything seems to work you can now say chkconfig servoy on to install servoy as a service, that starts and stops automatically during runlevel changes (reboot, etc).
Here is the script:
#! /bin/sh
#
# System startup info for chkconfig
#
# chkconfig: 35 95 5
# description: Starts and stops the Servoy application server
#
# System startup script for the Servoy Application Server
# Verify SRVUSER, SERVOY_ROOT and SERVOY_SERVER and place in /etc/init.d
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: servoy
# Required-Start: $syslog $network $mysql
# Required-Stop: $syslog $network $mysql
# Default-Start: 3 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6
# Description: Start Servoy application server.
### END INIT INFO
#
# source some functions
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# check for networking
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0
RETVAL=0
# delay is here because it may take time to stop the server
DELAY=2
# user name to run servoy service - do NOT use root because we kill ALL SRVUSER procs!
SRVUSER=servoy
# where to find the executables
SERVOY_ROOT=/home/servoy/servoy
SERVOY_SERVER=$SERVOY_ROOT/servoy_server.sh
FUSER=/sbin/fuser
# make sure they all exist
if [ ! -d $SERVOY_ROOT ]; then echo "cannot find servoy_root path"; exit 0; fi
if [ ! -f $SERVOY_SERVER ]; then echo "cannot find servoy_server command"; exit 0; fi
if [ ! -f $FUSER ]; then echo "cannot find fuser command"; exit 0; fi
start() {
if [ "`ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`" ]; then
echo -n "application server is already running"; echo_failure; echo; exit 0
fi
echo -n "Starting Servoy services: "
if [ ! -z "$SERVOY_SERVER" ]; then
# start the server
su - $SRVUSER -c $SERVOY_SERVER > /dev/null 2>&1 &
fi
touch /var/lock/subsys/servoy
sleep $DELAY
if [ "`ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`" != "" ] && [ -f /var/lock/subsys/servoy ]; then
echo_success
else
echo_failure
fi
echo
return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
if [ ! "`ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`" ]; then
echo -n "application server is not running"; echo_failure; echo; exit 0
fi
echo -n "Shutting down Servoy services: "
if [ ! -z "$SERVOY_SERVER" ]; then
# stop the server
# first we should try a nice way of stopping the server, if possible:
# su - $SRVUSER -c $SERVOY_SERVER stop > /dev/null 2>&1
# wait a few seconds and then get rude
# sleep 4
kill `ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`
sleep $DELAY
if [ "`ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`" ]; then
# if still running, lets get violent
kill -9 `ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`
fi
RETVAL=$?
fi
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/servoy
sleep $DELAY
if [ "`ps -u $SRVUSER -o pid=`" == "" ] && [ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/servoy ]; then
echo_success
else
echo_failure
fi
echo
return $RETVAL
}
status() {
if [ ! -z "$SERVOY_SERVER" ]; then
if [ -x $FUSER ]; then
_o=`$FUSER $SERVOY_SERVER`
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "application server is running"
RETVAL=$?
else
echo "application server is not running"
RETVAL=$?
fi
else
echo "status unkown - fuser not found" >&2
fi
else
echo "status unkown - servoy server not found" >&2
fi
return $RETVAL
}
restart() {
stop
start
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status
;;
restart)
restart
;;
*)
echo "Usage: servoy {start|stop|status|restart}"
exit 1
esac
exit $RETVAL
Love and light,
Joonas