X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fdaemon.xml;h=007ec95b97e96a82bba5980c8f98138494dbe184;hp=01ab0f3b511ed655a6e44d8cc879b3a68f99b564;hb=6908d3842a3b69b90106646a16f51a6b089026bd;hpb=99ffae46d38f05b6c8bc09fe29e50a507ae8b79b diff --git a/man/daemon.xml b/man/daemon.xml index 01ab0f3b5..007ec95b9 100644 --- a/man/daemon.xml +++ b/man/daemon.xml @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ communication channels are established already, and no request is lost because client requests will be queued by the bus system (in case of D-Bus) or the kernel (in - case of sockets), until the activation + case of sockets), until the activation is completed. @@ -543,10 +543,10 @@ the hardware of the respective kind is plugged in or otherwise becomes available. In a new-style init system it is possible to bind - activation to hardware plug/unplug events. In systemd, - kernel devices appearing in the sysfs/udev - device tree can be exposed as units if they - are tagged with the string + activation to hardware plug/unplug events. In + systemd, kernel devices appearing in the + sysfs/udev device tree can be exposed as units + if they are tagged with the string "systemd". Like any other kind of unit they may then pull in other units when activated (i.e. Plugged in) and thus @@ -570,8 +570,9 @@ bluetoothd.service via controlling a bluetooth.target.wants/ - symlink uniformly with a tool like - systemd-install1 + symlink uniformly with a command like + enable of + systemctl1 instead of manipulating the udev ruleset. @@ -678,7 +679,8 @@ If your daemon registers a D-Bus name on the bus, make sure to use - Type=dbus if + Type=dbus in the + service file if possible. Make sure to set a @@ -703,16 +705,45 @@ operating system-independent. + Since not all syslog + implementations are socket-activatable + yet, it is recommended to place an + After=syslog.target + dependency in service files for + daemons that can log to + syslog. syslog.target + then either pulls in the syslog daemon + itself or simply the activation + socket. A Wants= or + even Requires= + dependency should generally not be + added, since it should be up to the + administrator whether he wants to + enable logging or not, and most syslog + clients work fine if no log daemon is + running. + Make sure to include - an [Install] section including - installation information for the unit - file. See + an [Install] + section including installation + information for the unit file. See systemd.unit5 for details. To activate your service on boot make sure to add a WantedBy=multi-user.target or - WantedBy=graphical.target directive. + WantedBy=graphical.target + directive. To activate your socket on + boot, make sure to add + WantedBy=sockets.target. Usually + you also want to make sure that when + your service is installed your socket + is installed too, hence add + Also=foo.socket in + your service file + foo.service, for + a hypothetical program + foo. @@ -726,9 +757,9 @@ install their systemd unit files in the directory returned by pkg-config systemd - --variable=systemdsystemnunitdir - (for system services), - resp. pkg-config systemd + --variable=systemdsystemunitdir (for + system services), resp. pkg-config + systemd --variable=systemdsessionunitdir (for session services). This will make the services available in the system on explicit @@ -737,8 +768,9 @@ installation (e.g. rpm -i by the administrator) symlinks should be created in the systemd configuration - directories via the - systemd-install1 + directories via the enable + command of the + systemctl1 tool, to activate them automatically on boot. @@ -793,13 +825,61 @@ endif package managers: %post -/usr/bin/systemd-install enable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || : +if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then + # Enable (but don't start) the units by default + /bin/systemctl enable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || : + + # Alternatively, just call /bin/systemctl daemon-reload here, + # if the daemon should not be enabled by default on package + # installation +fi %preun -if [ "$1" -eq 0 ]; then - /usr/bin/systemd-install disable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || : +if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then + # Disable and stop the units + /bin/systemctl disable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || : + /bin/systemctl stop foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || : +fi + +%postun +if [ $1 -ge 1 ] ; then + # On upgrade, reload init system configuration if we changed unit files + /bin/systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || : + # On upgrade, restart the daemon + /bin/systemctl try-restart foobar.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || : +fi + + Depending on whether your service should + or should not be started/stopped/restarted + during package installation, deinstallation or + upgrade, a different set of commands may be + specified. See + systemctl1 + for details. + + To facilitate upgrades from a package + version that shipped only SysV init scripts to + a package version that ships both a SysV init + script and a native systemd service file, use + a fragment like the following: + + %triggerin -- foobar < 0.47.11-1 +if /sbin/chkconfig foobar ; then + /bin/systemctl enable foobar.service foobar.socket >/dev/null 2>&1 || : fi + Where 0.47.11-1 is the first package + version that includes the native unit + file. This fragment will ensure that the first + time the unit file is installed it will be + enabled if and only if the SysV init script is + enabled, thus making sure that the the enable + status is not changed. Note that + chkconfig is a command + specific Fedora which can be used to check + whether a SysV init script is enabled. Other + operating systems will have to use different + commands here. @@ -809,8 +889,8 @@ fi Since new-style init systems such as systemd are compatible with traditional SysV init systems it is not strictly necessary to port existing daemons to the - new style. However doing this offers additional - functionality to the daemons as well as it simplifies + new style. However doing so offers additional + functionality to the daemons as well as simplifying integration into new-style init systems. To port an existing SysV compatible daemon the @@ -849,7 +929,7 @@ fi left-over file descriptors are passed to executed processes, it might be a good choice to simply skip the closing of all remaining - open file descriptors if file descriptors are + open file descriptors if sockets are passed. Write and install a systemd @@ -870,7 +950,6 @@ fi See Also systemd1, - systemd-install1, sd-daemon7, sd_listen_fds3, sd_notify3,