Autorestart With Upstart

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Create a file, <tt>/etc/event.d/opensim</tt> , containing the following:
 
Create a file, <tt>/etc/event.d/opensim</tt> , containing the following:
  
  start on runlevel [!06]
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start on runlevel [!06]
  stop on runlevel [06]
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stop on runlevel [06]
 
   
 
   
  exec /bin/su - opensim -c '/usr/bin/screen -h 0 -D -m -c /var/run/opensim/opensim.screenrc'
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post-stop script
  respawn
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  OSPID=`ps -ef | grep opensim | grep 'mono OpenSim.exe' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
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  kill $OSPID
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end script
 
   
 
   
  # give up if I respawn 3 times in 60 seconds...
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exec /bin/su - opensim -c '/usr/bin/screen -h 0 -D -m -U -S OpenSim -c /var/run/opensim/opensim.screenrc'
  respawn limit 3 60
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respawn
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# give up if I respawn 3 times in 60 seconds...
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respawn limit 3 60
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If you are running MySQL, you can cause OpenSim to start after MySQL starts successfully by replacing the first two lines with:
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start on started mysql
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stop on stopping mysql
  
 
Create a file, <tt>/var/run/opensim/opensim.screenrc</tt> , containing the following:
 
Create a file, <tt>/var/run/opensim/opensim.screenrc</tt> , containing the following:
  
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multiuser on
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acladd <controlusers>
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aclchg <controlusers> +rwx "#?"
 
  chdir /usr/lib/opensim/bin
 
  chdir /usr/lib/opensim/bin
 
  screen -h 500 -t opensim mono OpenSim.exe -gui=true
 
  screen -h 500 -t opensim mono OpenSim.exe -gui=true
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where <controlusers> is a comma-separated list of users you want to give control of the OpenSim console to. This is needed if you run OpenSim as a service user account you never actually log in to. Note that that account must be created with a real shell.
  
 
Then, to start or stop OpenSim, just use:
 
Then, to start or stop OpenSim, just use:
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  # stop opensim
 
  # stop opensim
  
If OpenSimulator dies on its own, upstart will automatically restart it.
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If OpenSimulator dies on its own, upstart will automatically restart it unless it dies three times within 60 seconds.

Revision as of 19:46, 26 January 2013

What is upstart?

From the official description:

Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running.
It was originally developed for the Ubuntu distribution, but is intended to be suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as a replacement for the venerable System-V init.


Monitoring/restarting OpenSimulator with upstart

The following assumes you're running OpenSimulator within GNU screen, so one can detach and reattach to the console. But that's not required to use upstart.

Create a file, /etc/event.d/opensim , containing the following:

start on runlevel [!06]
stop on runlevel [06]

post-stop script
  OSPID=`ps -ef | grep opensim | grep 'mono OpenSim.exe' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
  kill $OSPID
end script

exec /bin/su - opensim -c '/usr/bin/screen -h 0 -D -m -U -S OpenSim -c /var/run/opensim/opensim.screenrc'
respawn

# give up if I respawn 3 times in 60 seconds...
respawn limit 3 60

If you are running MySQL, you can cause OpenSim to start after MySQL starts successfully by replacing the first two lines with:

start on started mysql
stop on stopping mysql

Create a file, /var/run/opensim/opensim.screenrc , containing the following:

multiuser on
acladd <controlusers>
aclchg <controlusers> +rwx "#?"
chdir /usr/lib/opensim/bin
screen -h 500 -t opensim mono OpenSim.exe -gui=true

where <controlusers> is a comma-separated list of users you want to give control of the OpenSim console to. This is needed if you run OpenSim as a service user account you never actually log in to. Note that that account must be created with a real shell.

Then, to start or stop OpenSim, just use:

# start opensim

or:

# stop opensim

If OpenSimulator dies on its own, upstart will automatically restart it unless it dies three times within 60 seconds.

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