Re: [BackupPC-users] systemd init for version 4?

In Github master, I renamed the init.d directory to systemd, added a template backuppc.service, and updated the README file. See https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/tree/master/systemd. The template service file is in https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/blob/master/systemd/src/backuppc.service.

When you run configure.pl it updates the settings in systemd/src/backuppc.service and deposits the output in systemd/backuppc.service. It still updates the old init.d files (now in systemd/src), but they are now put in a subdirectory (systemd/init,d).

Craig

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Craig Barratt <cbarratt AT users.sourceforge DOT net> wrote:

I'd love to include robust systemd templates and clearly written docs in the vanilla BackupPC release (and on the Wiki). Previously, the package managers had to include their own favorite flavors since the upstream release doesn't include any. That presents problems, such as having many different flavors in the field, and make it more difficult to upgrade a package install with the vanilla upstream release.

If one or more folks could volunteer to pull that together, I'll include it in the next release. There's also a git issue #57 on this topic: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/57. It would be good to factor in that input too.

Craig

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Moorcroft, Mark (ARC-TS)[Analytical Mechanics Associates, INC.] <mark.moorcroft AT nasa DOT gov> wrote:

Awesome news. I have been waiting for this day for 10+ years.

Thanks

The current Fedora / EPEL package supplies a SystemD unit file but it uses

type=oneshot which I don't agree with (although it works). I'm currently

working on taking over maintenance of the package since the current

maintainer doesn't really use it anymore. I plan on changing the service

file to:

# systemctl cat backuppc.service

# /etc/systemd/system/backuppc.service

[Unit]

Description= BackupPC server

After=syslog.target local-fs.target remote-fs.target

[Service]

Type=forking

User=backuppc

Group=backuppc

ExecStart=/usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC -d

PIDFile=/var/run/BackupPC/BackupPC.pid

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

Keep in mind that the package patches the location of the pid file as 3.X

put it in the log directory ($logDir or something like that).

Thanks,

Richard

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