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playground:runit [2018/12/19 20:17 (UTC)] – [9. run scripts] chrisabelaplayground:runit [2018/12/19 20:26 (UTC)] – [10. Migrating Services] chrisabela
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 ===== 10. Migrating Services ===== ===== 10. Migrating Services =====
  
-It is suggested that services are migrated from stage 2 (which are still under the Slackware’s BSD init scheme) to stage 3 carefully. Start from the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.M and work up. This means that you should start with any entries under /etc/rc.d/rc.local +It is suggested that services are migrated from stage 2 (which are still under the Slackware’s BSD init scheme) to stage 3 carefully. Start from the bottom of ''/etc/rc.d/rc.M'' and work up. This means that you should start with any entries under ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local'' 
  
-Then continue for /etc/rc.d/rc.S+Then continue for ''/etc/rc.d/rc.S''
  
-Proceed with other services to benefit’s from runit features. Note that for some services, such as atd and crond, you would need to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.M as they are hard-coded.+Proceed with other services to benefit’s from runit features. Note that for some services, such as ''atd'' and ''crond'', you would need to edit ''/etc/rc.d/rc.M'' as they are hard-coded.
  
-Let’s take the popular NetworkManager service as an example. According to the permission of /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager this script is called by /etc/rc.d/rc.M The latter is called by /etc/runit/2 (stage 2).+Let’s take the popular ''NetworkManager'' service as an example. According to the permission of ''/etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager'' this script is called by ''/etc/rc.d/rc.M'' The latter is called by ''/etc/runit/2'' (stage 2).
  
 Stop the service: Stop the service:
  
 +<code>
 /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager stop /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager stop
 +</code>
  
 Disable it: Disable it:
  
 +<code>
 chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
 +</code>
  
 Create a suitable directory for runit Create a suitable directory for runit
  
 +<code>
 mkdir /etc/sv/networkmanager/ mkdir /etc/sv/networkmanager/
 +</code>
  
-Write a runit run script: /etc/sv/networkmanager/run+Write a runit run script: ''/etc/sv/networkmanager/run''
  
 +<code>
 #!/bin/sh #!/bin/sh
 prefix=/usr prefix=/usr
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 export XDG_CACHE_HOME=/root/.cache  export XDG_CACHE_HOME=/root/.cache 
 exec $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN -n > /dev/null 2>&1 exec $NETWORKMANAGER_BIN -n > /dev/null 2>&1
 +</code>
  
-Symlink it to /service and NetworkManager to enable under current runlevel and it will start in a few seconds:+Symlink the ''/etc/sv/networkmanager'' directory to ''/service'' to enable under current runlevel and it will start in a few seconds:
  
 +<code>
 ln -s /etc/sv/networkmanager /service ln -s /etc/sv/networkmanager /service
 +</code>
  
-For udev, it is stuggested to let it under runit’s stage 2, but you can setup its monitoring for stage 3. +For ''udev'', it is stuggested to let it under runit’s stage 2, but you can setup its monitoring for stage 3. 
  
 +===== 11 Sources =====
 + 
 +(1) http://smarden.org/runit/
  
-Sources:  +(2) https://slackbuilds.org
-http://smarden.org/runit/+
  
-https://slackbuilds.org+(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init
  
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init+(4) https://voidlinux.org/usage/runit/
  
-https://voidlinux.org/usage/runit/+(5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBlIhFxNJo
  
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBlIhFxNJo+(6) http://kchard.github.io/runit-quickstart/
  
-http://kchard.github.io/runit-quickstart/+(7) https://www.slackbook.org/beta/
  
-https://www.slackbook.org/beta/+(8) https://gitlab.com/chrisabela/runit_scripts_for_slackware
  
-https://gitlab.com/chrisabela/runit_scripts_for_slackware+  * Written for Slackware 14.2 in December 2018 
 +  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:chrisabela | Chris Abela]] 
 +<!-- Please do not modify anything below, except adding new tags.--> 
 +{{tag>init runit}}
  
-Author: Chris Abela for Slackware 14.2 
-December 2018 

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