[Dxspider-support] Autostarting/Respawning on Ubuntu 18.04

[Dirk Koopman]

18.04  does not support /etc/initrc or stuff in /etc/init.d. In /spider, 
you will find that there is a file called dxspider.service. You need to 
put that into /etc/systemd/system.

You will then need to do a 'sudo systemctl reload' then check whether it 
has started. If not then do a 'systemctl start dxspider' - failing that, 
just reboot and it should spring into life.

I have not yet done the instructions for an installation of mojo onto a 
new computer. I will be doing an install script soon. If I am feeling 
adventurous, I might even do a .deb!

Dirk

On 24/04/2020 20:35, IK5ZUK Luigi via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Hello all,
> I've made a fresh new spider installation over Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 
> system. Now, as the final step, I need to make spider autostarting at 
> system startup and also respawing: I've tryed to create the script 
> dxspider.conf placed in /etc/init/ folder with the following:
>
> #DXSpider startup script
> #
> # This service maintains a getty on tty7 from the point the system is
> # started until it is shut down again.
>
>
> start on runlevel [2345]
> stop on runlevel [!2345]
>
> respawn
>
> exec /bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" 
> >/dev/tty7
>
>
> but unfortunately, after doing "telinit q" [or system reboot] nothing 
> happens: spider doesn't start automatically.
>
> Please, could someone give me some help ?
>
> Thank you in advance !
>
> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
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