Install Daemontools (OPTIONAL)

Daemontools is a collection of programs for controlling other processes. We use daemontools to run and monitor AOLserver. It is installed in /package. These commands install daemontools and svgroup. svgroup is a script for granting permissions, to allow users other than root to use daemontools for specific <<<<<<< install-daemontools.html services.

  1. Install Daemontools

    download daemontools and install it.

    • Red Hat 8

      [root root]# mkdir -p /package
      [root root]# chmod 1755 /package/
      [root root]# cd /package/
      [root package]# tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
      [root package]# cd admin/daemontools-0.76/
      [root daemontools-0.76]# package/install
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            services.

      1. Install Daemontools

        download daemontools and install it.

        • Red Hat 8

          [root root]# mkdir -p /package
          [root root]# chmod 1755 /package/
          [root root]# cd /package/
          [root package]# tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
          [root package]# cd admin/daemontools-0.76/
          [root daemontools-0.76]# package/install
          >>>>>>> 1.39
          Linking ./src/* into ./compile...
          
          Creating /service...
          Adding svscanboot to inittab...
          init should start svscan now.
          [root root]#
          mkdir -p /package 
          chmod 1755 /package 
          cd /package 
          tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz 
          cd admin/daemontools-0.76 
          package/install
        • Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 1-4

          Make sure you have the source tarball in /tmp, or download it.

          [root root]# mkdir -p /package
          [root root]# chmod 1755 /package/
          [root root]# cd /package/
          [root package]# tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
          [root package]# cd admin
          [root admin]# wget http://www.qmail.org/moni.csi.hu/pub/glibc-2.3.1/daemontools-0.76.errno.patch
          --14:19:24--  http://moni.csi.hu/pub/glibc-2.3.1/daemontools-0.76.errno.patch
                     => `daemontools-0.76.errno.patch'
          Resolving moni.csi.hu... done.
          Connecting to www.qmail.org[141.225.11.87]:80... connected.
          HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
          Length: 355 [text/plain]
          
          100%[====================================>] 355          346.68K/s    ETA 00:00
          
          14:19:24 (346.68 KB/s) - `daemontools-0.76.errno.patch' saved [355/355]
          
          [root admin]# cd daemontools-0.76
          [root daemontools-0.76]# patch -p1 < ../daemontools-0.76.errno.patch
          [root daemontools-0.76]# package/install
          Linking ./src/* into ./compile...(many lines omitted)
          Creating /service...
          Adding svscanboot to inittab...
          init should start svscan now.
          [root root]#
          mkdir -p /package 
          chmod 1755 /package 
          cd /package 
          tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz 
          cd admin
          wget http://moni.csi.hu/pub/glibc-2.3.1/daemontools-0.76.errno.patch
          cd daemontools-0.76
          patch -p1 < ../daemontools-0.76.errno.patch
          package/install
        • FreeBSD (follow standard install)

          Make sure you have the source tarball in /tmp, or download it.

          [root root]# mkdir -p /package
          [root root]# chmod 1755 /package/
          [root root]# cd /package/
          [root package]# tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
          [root package]# cd admin/daemontools-0.76
          [root daemontools-0.76]# package/install
          Linking ./src/* into ./compile...(many lines omitted)
          Creating /service...
          Adding svscanboot to inittab...
          init should start svscan now.
          [root root]#
          mkdir -p /package 
          chmod 1755 /package 
          cd /package 
          tar xzf /tmp/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz 
          cd admin/daemontools-0.76
          package/install
        • Debian

          [root ~]# apt-get install daemontools-installer
          [root ~]# build-daemontools
      2. Verify that svscan is running. If it is, you should see these two processes running:

        [root root]# ps -auxw | grep service
        root     13294  0.0  0.1  1352  272 ?        S    09:51   0:00 svscan /service
        root     13295  0.0  0.0  1304  208 ?        S    09:51   0:00 readproctitle service errors: .......................................
        <<<<<<< install-daemontools.html
        [root root]#
      3. Install a script to grant non-root users permission to control daemontools services.

        [root root]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.6.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/svgroup.txt /usr/local/bin/svgroup
        [root root]# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/svgroup
        cp /tmp/openacs-5.6.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/svgroup.txt /usr/local/bin/svgroup 
        =======
        [root root]#
      4. Install a script to grant non-root users permission to control daemontools services.

        [root root]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.6.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/svgroup.txt /usr/local/bin/svgroup
        [root root]# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/svgroup
        cp /tmp/openacs-5.6.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/svgroup.txt /usr/local/bin/svgroup 
        >>>>>>> 1.39
        chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/svgroup
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