Launch ./start.sh on startup , or like a service ?

[Stephan35]

Hello, i would like to know how to lauch MyContoller on startup , like a service or another way.
Thanks ,
Best regards.

[Tag]

@Stephan35

which OS are you using?, if it is linux, you can add the startup script to the startup scripts env in /etc.

I will have a look and keep you posted..

[Stephan35]

@Tag

Sorry, on linux.
Should i use something like this

sudo cp start.sh /etc/init.d
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/start.sh
sudo update-rc.d start.sh defaults

To start

sudo /etc/init.d/start.sh start

To stop

sudo /etc/init.d/start.sh stop

Maybe rename start.sh to mycontroller.sh ?

Is there no probleme with user and path to find mycontroller ?

Thanks .

[Tag]

@Stephan35

Here is how i got all working.

1. Start your favorite editor (nano or vi) and make a file called mycontroller in /etc/init.d

sudo vi /etc/init.d/mycontroller

2. copy the following text into the file (Make sure to get the path to mycontroller right!! in my case i used /home/user/mycontroller)

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/mycontroller

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mycontroller
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

# The following part always gets executed.
# echo " Mycontroller rocks!!"

# The following part carries out specific functions depending on arguments.
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo "Starting Mycontroller"
        /home/user/mycontroller/bin/start.sh
    ;;
  stop)
    echo "Stopping Mycontroller"
        /home/user/mycontroller/bin/stop.sh
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/mycontroller {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

3. Make the file executable:

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/mycontroller

4. Now add the script to the initd environment:

sudo update-rc.d mycontroller defaults

5. Test the script with the commands below:

sudo /etc/init.d/mycontroller start

and after mycontroller has started successfully:

sudo /etc/init.d/mycontroller stop

If troubleshooting is required/ search for mycontroller in /var/log/syslog this is the file where all output massages will appear.

That should do the trick, depending on your version of linux, (in mycase armbian) it might be that a different startup mechanism is used.

Tested all on an OrangPI Zero running armbian (Jesse) and RaspberryPI running Ubuntu Mate 15.10 both mycontroller applications are "up" after a reboot.

[Stephan35]

@Tag Wonderfull !

Just had this error :

insserv: warning: script 'mycontroller' missing LSB tags and overrides

I had to add this at the beginning :

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          MyController domotique
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

[Tag]

@Stephan35

Yes i saw that one to, it can be safely ignored, but will add it to the install steps.
Thanks for reminding!

[Stephan35]

@Tag
Finally does not start at boot , missing something or, INIT is not correctly set.
chkconfig -l display this :

mountnfs.sh               0:off  1:off  2:off  3:off  4:off  5:off  6:off  S:on 
mycontroller              0:off  1:off  2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off
network-manager           0:off  1:off  2:on   3:on   4:on   5:on   6:off

have a look later .
Best regards

[Tag]

@Stephan35

What is your current runlevel? , check with the command

runlevel

Mycontroller is only started in runlevel 2-5 so if you enter runlevel 0,1 or 6 mycontroller is stopped. (make the changes in the top of the script..)

Another issue might be that the cript itself in incorrect.... make sure that the startup script starts with

#!/bin/sh

This is really important.

So the complete file should look like this:

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/mycontroller

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mycontroller
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO


# The following part always gets executed.
#echo "This part always gets executed"

# The following part carries out specific functions depending on arguments.
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo "Starting Mycontroller"
        /home/user/mycontroller/bin/start.sh
    ;;
  stop)
    echo "Stopping Mycontroller"
        /home/user/mycontroller/bin/stop.sh
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/mycontroller {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

If you execute the following command,

grep -i mycontroller /var/log/syslog

what is the output?
(if no output, look into an older file like i.e syslog.1)

In my case the output is:

root@orangepizero:~# grep -i mycontroller /var/log/syslog.1
Feb 25 11:27:40 localhost mycontroller[474]: Starting Mycontroller
Feb 25 11:27:40 localhost mycontroller[474]: /usr/bin/java
Feb 25 11:27:43 localhost mycontroller[474]: java version: 1.8.0_121
Feb 25 11:27:43 localhost mycontroller[474]: Start issued for Mycontroller

[Stephan35]

@Tag said:

Another issue might be that the cript itself in incorrect.... make sure that the startup script starts with

#!/bin/sh
This is really important.

Yes , it was that !

Got also Orange Pi Zero

[Tag]

@Stephan35

Great!! good luck!, orangepizero is really great, and is powerfull enough to run mycontroller