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howto:systemd [2019/09/04 13:22] – typo digital manhowto:systemd [2020/01/31 12:04] – Clean-up. Provide download link to sbbs.service in CVS. Use wildcards in setcap command. digital man
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 ====== Start Synchronet BBS from Systemd ====== ====== Start Synchronet BBS from Systemd ======
  
-If you run modern GNU/Linux distributions, you can found [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd|Systemd]] as init system (like Debian, Fedora and others).+If you run modern GNU/Linux distribution, you will likely discover [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd|Systemd]] is used as the init system (for starting and control system services/daemons).
  
-Instead of use the old /etc/init.d/sbbs.service init script, you can create a systemd services unit file:+In this case, instead of use the old SysV-style /etc/init.d/sbbs.service init script, you use a systemd services unit file:
  
-Create and edit the follow files (please correct your ExecStart path and User/Group as you need):+Create and edit (or download from [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/install/systemd/sbbs.service|here]]) the following file (please correct your ExecStart path and User/Group as you need):
  
 ===== Ubuntu 16.04+ ===== ===== Ubuntu 16.04+ =====
-/lib/systemd/system/sbbs.service +''/lib/systemd/system/sbbs.service'' 
-  [Unit]+<file> 
 +[Unit]
   Description=Synchronet BBS service   Description=Synchronet BBS service
   Documentation=man:sbbs   Documentation=man:sbbs
   After=syslog.target network.target   After=syslog.target network.target
      
-  [Service]+[Service]
   Type=forking   Type=forking
   Environment=SBBSROOT=/sbbs SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl   Environment=SBBSROOT=/sbbs SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
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   Group=sbbs   Group=sbbs
   PermissionsStartOnly=true   PermissionsStartOnly=true
-  ExecStartPre=/sbin/setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/sbbs+  ExecStartPre=/sbin/setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.*.exe.*/sbbs
   ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d   ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d
   ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID   ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
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   RestartSec=30   RestartSec=30
      
-  [Install]+[Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target   WantedBy=multi-user.target
 +</file>
  
 Some points in this config: Some points in this config:
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    * **User/Group**. **Remove these** if you would like sbbs to start as root and then drop privileges to the User & Group configured in your sbbs.ini. Possibly remove **PermissionsStartOnly** and **ExecStartPre** as well, as they would be unnecessary.   If you leave these in, ensure the User/Group settings in sbbs.ini are commented out.    * **User/Group**. **Remove these** if you would like sbbs to start as root and then drop privileges to the User & Group configured in your sbbs.ini. Possibly remove **PermissionsStartOnly** and **ExecStartPre** as well, as they would be unnecessary.   If you leave these in, ensure the User/Group settings in sbbs.ini are commented out.
    * **PermissionsStartOnly**. This one tells systemd to execute ExecStartPre as root, but ExecStart as the user and group declared in User,Group.  Can be removed if you remove the User/Group lines.    * **PermissionsStartOnly**. This one tells systemd to execute ExecStartPre as root, but ExecStart as the user and group declared in User,Group.  Can be removed if you remove the User/Group lines.
-   * **ExecStartPre**. Capabilities are lost from the sbbs executable every time it is recompiled. It is possible to mitigate the effect by running setcap just before the daemon is ran. The binding won't fail anymore using this. Please notice you can't point a symlink here, so modify the architecture directory to the right path (gcc.linux.x64.exe.release or gcc.linux.exe.release).+   * **ExecStartPre**. Capabilities are lost from the sbbs executable every time it is recompiled. It is possible to mitigate the effect by running setcap just before the daemon is ran. The binding won't fail anymore using this. Please notice you can't point to a symlink here).
    * **ExecStart**. If you don't want to get syslog entries duplicated you will have to run SBBS in daemonized mode, so the "d" parameter is used. Syslog is implicit when daemonized, so there is no need for additional parameters.     * **ExecStart**. If you don't want to get syslog entries duplicated you will have to run SBBS in daemonized mode, so the "d" parameter is used. Syslog is implicit when daemonized, so there is no need for additional parameters. 
    * **RestartSec**. It's advisable to wait some secs before attempting restarting in case of failure, just to give some time for binding release.    * **RestartSec**. It's advisable to wait some secs before attempting restarting in case of failure, just to give some time for binding release.
howto/systemd.txt · Last modified: 2023/04/07 12:28 by digital man
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