service resource type

[Rost]

Hi everbody !!!

I would like to know how to use the parameter start of the service resource type. Because i want to use my own script to start my service.
I have tried 2 cases and did'nt work.

Here are the cases :

service { 'myservice':

   start => '/root/myinit_script.sh'

}

service { 'myservice':

   start => "/root/myinit_script.sh"

}

Do you have any idea on how to use this parameter?

Thans very much for help.

[Peter Bukowinski]

Rost,

Is what you pasted about the entire 'myservice' resource definition or did you leave our the 'ensure' lines for brevity? Make sure you have an 'ensure => running," line in the service definition if you want puppet to ensure that state. There might also be  a problem with your init script. Can you please post the contents of myinit_script.sh here?

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Peter Bukowinski

[Rost]

hi Peter,

Thanks for watching .

Actually that's all my service resource without the ensure => running. Should I use that parameter to have puppet launch my script?

Here is the content of myinit_script.sh.

#!/bin/sh

echo "Starting Apache2"

/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl -f /opt/apache2/conf/httpd -k start

Thanks a lot.

[Peter Bukowinski]

Yes, you should have the ensure parameter in there:

service { 'myservice':
ensure => running,
start => '/root/myinit_script.sh',
}

Since you're using a custom start script, you may need to also specify custom status and restart scripts so that puppet can better control the process if the httpd config file ever changes and you want the service to restart automatically.

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[Rost]

Thank you very much Peter,
It's working, I just love Puppet.

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[Denmat]

Hi,

Depending on your version latest docs are described here:

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#service

You should specify whether you want the service enabled or not and try to provide a status script so puppet can figure out if the service is already running or not. Also make sure you provide good exit codes on your scripts.

Cheers,

Den

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