On an Amazon S3 Linux instance, I have two scripts called start_my_app
and stop_my_app
which start and stop forever (which in turn runs my Node.js application). I use these scripts to manually start and stop my Node.js application. So far so good.
My problem: I also want to set it up such that start_my_app
is run whenever the system boots up. I know that I need to add a file inside init.d
and I know how to symlink it to the proper directory within rc.d
, but I can't figure out what actually needs to go inside the file that I place in init.d
. I'm thinking it should be just one line, like, start_my_app
, but that hasn't been working for me.
Working with Python 3 microservices or shell; using Ubuntu Server 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) or Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) or Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) I always do like these steps, and it worked always too:
Creating a microservice called p example "brain_microservice1.service" in my case:
$ nano /lib/systemd/system/brain_microservice1.service
Inside this new service that you are in:
[Unit]
Description=brain_microservice_1
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3.7 /root/scriptsPython/RUN_SERVICES/microservices /microservice_1.py -k start -DFOREGROUND
ExecStop=/usr/bin/python3.7 /root/scriptsPython/RUN_SERVICES/microservices/microservice_1.py -k graceful-stop
ExecReload=/usr/bin/python3.7 /root/scriptsPython/RUN_SERVICES/microservices/microservice_1.py -k graceful
PrivateTmp=true
LimitNOFILE=infinity
KillMode=mixed
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Give the permissions:
$ chmod -X /lib/systemd/system/brain_microservice*
$ chmod -R 775 /lib/systemd/system/brain_microservice*
Give the execution permission then:
$ systemctl daemon-reload
Enable then, this will make then always start on startup
$ systemctl enable brain_microservice1.service
Then you can test it;
$ sudo reboot now
Finish = SUCCESS!!
This can be done with the same body script to run shell, react ... database startup script ... any kind os code ... hope this help u...
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Just have a line added to your crontab..
Make sure the file is executable:
chmod +x /path_to_you_file/your_file
To edit crontab file:
crontab -e
Line you have to add:
@reboot /path_to_you_file/your_file
That simple!
Set a crontab for this
#crontab -e
@reboot /home/user/test.sh
after every startup it will run the test script.
In Lubuntu I had to deal with the opposite situation. Skype start running after booting and I found in ~/.config/autostart/
the file skypeforlinux.desktop
. The content of the file is as follows:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype for Linux
Comment=Skype Internet Telephony
Exec=/usr/bin/skypeforlinux
Icon=skypeforlinux
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Deleting this file helped me.
The absolute easiest method if all you want to run is a simple script, (or anything) is if you have a gui to use system > preferences then startup apps.
just browse to the script you want and there you go. (make script executable)
Create your own /init executable
This is not what you want, but it is fun!
Just pick an arbitrary executable file, even a shell script, and boot the kernel with the command line parameter:
init=/path/to/myinit
Towards the end of boot, the Linux kernel runs the first userspace executable at the given path.
Several projects provide popular init
executables used by major distros, e.g. systemd, and in most distros init will fork a bunch of processes used in normal system operation.
But we can hijack /init
it to run our own minimal scripts to better understand our system.
Here is a minimal reproducible setup: https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat/tree/f96d4d55c9caa7c0862991025e1291c48c33e3d9/README.md#custom-init
Many answers on starting something at boot, but often you want to start it just a little later, because your script depends on e.g. networking. Use at
to just add this delay, e.g.:
at now + 1 min -f /path/yourscript
You may add this in /etc/rc.local, but also in cron
like:
# crontab -e
@reboot at now + 1 min -f /path/yourscript
Isn't it fun to combine cron and at? Info is in the man page man at
.
As for the comments that @reboot may not be widely supported, just try it. I found out that /etc/rc.local has become obsolete on distros that support systemd, such as ubuntu and raspbian.
A simple approach is to add a line in /etc/rc.local
:
/PATH/TO/MY_APP &
or if you want to run the command as a special user :
su - USER_FOOBAR -c /PATH/TO/MY_APP &
(the trailing ampersand backgrounds the process and allows the rc.local to continue executing)
If you want a full init script, debian distro have a template file, so :
cp /etc/init.d/skeleton /etc/init.d/your_app
and adapt it a bit.
Painless, easiest and the most universal method is simply
executing it with ~.bash_profile
or ~.profile
(if you don't have bash_profile file).
Just add the execution command at the bottom of that file and it will be executed when system started.
I have this one at the bottom an example;
~\Desktop\sound_fixer.sh
$ update-rc.d myScript.sh defaults NN
where NN is the order in which it should be executed. 99 for example will mean it would be run after 98 and before 100.I refered to this blog, always sound a good choice
https://blog.xyzio.com/2016/06/14/setting-up-a-golang-website-to-autorun-on-ubuntu-using-systemd/
vim /lib/systemd/system/gosite.service
Description=A simple go website
ConditionPathExists=/home/user/bin/gosite
[Service]
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
ExecStart=/home/user/bin/gosite
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
systemctl enable gosite.service
For Debian 9 see https://askubuntu.com/questions/228304/how-do-i-run-a-script-at-start-up. It is helped me. Short version for Debian 9: add commands (as root) to /etc/rc.local
/path_to_file/filename.sh || exit 1 # Added by me
exit 0
Probably, /path_to_file/filename.sh should be executable (I think so).
For some people, this will work:
You could simply add the following command into System → Preferences → Startup Applications:
bash /full/path/to/your/script.sh
Here is a simpler method!
First: write a shell script and save it a .sh here is an example
#!/bin/bash
Icoff='/home/akbar/keyboardONOFF/icon/Dt6hQ.png'
id=13
fconfig=".keyboard"
echo "disabled" > $fconfig
xinput float $id
notify-send -i $Icoff "Internal Keyboard disabled";
this script will disable the internal keyboard at startup.
Second: Open the application " Startup Application Preferences"
Third: click Add. fourth: in the NAME section give a name. fifth: In the command section browse to your .sh . sixth: edit your command section to:
bash <space> path/to/file/<filename>.sh <space> --start
seventh: click Add. Thats it! Finished!
Now confirm by rebooting your pc.
cheers!
This is the way I do it on Red Hat Linux systems.
Put your script in /etc/init.d
, owned by root and executable. At the top of the script, you can give a directive for chkconfig
. Example, the following script is used to start a Java application as user oracle.
The name of the script is /etc/init.d/apex
#!/bin/bash
# chkconfig: 345 99 10
# Description: auto start apex listener
#
case "$1" in
'start')
su - oracle -c "cd /opt/apex ; java -jar apex.war > logs/apex.log 2>logs/apex_error.log &";;
'stop')
echo "put something to shutdown or kill the process here";;
esac
This says that the script must run at levels 3, 4, and 5, and the priority for start/stop is 99 and 10.
Then, as user root
you can use chkconfig
to enable or disable the script at startup:
chkconfig --list apex
chkconfig --add apex
And you can use service start/stop apex
.
You can do it :
chmod +x PATH_TO_YOUR_SCRIPT/start_my_app
then use this command
update-rc.d start_my_app defaults 100
Please see this page on Cyberciti.
This simple solution worked for me on an Amazon Linux instance running CentOS.
Edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.local
file and put the command there. It is mentioned in this file that it will be executed after all other init scripts. So be careful in that regards. This is how the file looks for me currently.. Last line is the name of my script.
Enter cron
using sudo
:
sudo crontab -e
Add a command to run upon start up, in this case a script:
@reboot sh /home/user/test.sh
Save:
Press ESC then :x to save and exit, or hit ESC then ZZ (that's shift+zz)
Test Test Test:
Run your test script without cron to make sure it actually works.
Make sure you saved your command in cron, use sudo crontab -e
Reboot the server to confirm it all works sudo @reboot
Edit the rc.local file using nano
or gedit
editor and add your scripts in it. File path could be /etc/rc.local
or /etc/rc.d/rc.local
.
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
This is the edit:
#!/bin/sh
/path-to-your-script/your-scipt-name.sh
once done press ctrl+o
to update, pressEnter
then ctrl+x
.
Make the file executable.
sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.local
Then initiate the rc-local service to run script during boot.
sudo systemctl start rc-local
Another option is to have an @reboot command in your crontab.
Not every version of cron supports this, but if your instance is based on the Amazon Linux AMI then it will work.
Source: Stackoverflow.com