Looking for method to restart wiki on reboot other than using standard install script

[andysylvester]

I had to recreate my wiki site (http://fedwiki.andysylvester.com, not currently running), so I decided to work out a way to install wiki without the standard install script (see http://forage.ward.fed.wiki.org/view/deploying-a-wiki). I have worked out a method for doing the install and setting up wiki to continue running after logging out from the terminal (created a script to run the commands). The script is as follows:

nohup wiki -p 80 > allout.txt 2>&1 &
disown %1

The last issue I am working on is how to start wiki again if the server is rebooted.

I have tried several methods, but have not had success:

1. Added a @reboot entry in crontab to call the above script
2. Added a call to the above script to /etc/rc.local:
   sh /root/mywiki.sh

I would appreciate any other ideas.

Andy Sylvester

[nrn]

Not sure if you know why those failed? My first guess would be permissions, I don't think those will run the script as root, and would require more setup. I think the best way to run wiki on restart is to use your linux system of choice's default processes manager, init.d, upstart, system.d, etc. And write a config file that starts the wiki on boot, and restarts on crash. The simple install script adds a file to do this with upstart, which i think has since fallen out of style. If you get a working config file for another system be sure to share it!

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On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:42 PM Andy Sylvester ***@***.***> wrote: I had to recreate my wiki site (http://fedwiki.andysylvester.com, not currently running), so I decided to work out a way to install wiki without the standard install script (see http://forage.ward.fed.wiki.org/view/deploying-a-wiki). I have worked out a method for doing the install and setting up wiki to continue running after logging out from the terminal (created a script to run the commands). The script is as follows: nohup wiki -p 80 > allout.txt 2>&1 & disown %1 The last issue I am working on is how to start wiki again if the server is rebooted. I have tried several methods, but have not had success: 1. Added a @reboot <https://github.com/reboot> entry in crontab to call the above script 2. Added a call to the above script to /etc/rc.local: sh /root/mywiki.sh I would appreciate any other ideas. Andy Sylvester — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#95>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAV03MsHM9MF93EP2dTGUkcCM-5lnDBAks5rOHI7gaJpZM4LY0_s> .