Make a systemd script

[davidcoutadeur]

I don't think this issue was proposed previously, so I post it here. It was first proposed by [email protected] in the mailing list (2018-02-13 13:50 GMT+01:00)

[Unit]
Description=LSC sync broker
After=network.target

[Service]
PrivateTmp=true
PIDFile=/run/lsc.pid
Type=oneshot
#Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/jvm/lib/latest
User=lsc
Group=lsc
ExecStart=/opt/lsc/bin/lsc -a all -f /opt/lsc/etc

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Need to be tested.

[coudot]

Check that we can read logs with journalctl

[bendem]

PIDFile is not required with Type=oneshot. We run lsc from systemd with a few more hardening options (I believe ExecStart and ReadWritePaths are specific to our setup, they should be made generic).

[root@ldap-test-01 lsc]# systemctl cat lsc-main
# /etc/systemd/system/lsc-main.service
#
# Ansible managed
#
[Unit]
Description=Run LSC jobs | main

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/etc/lsc/run-main
User=lsc
Group=lsc

PrivateTmp=true
PrivateDevices=true
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectKernelTunables=yes
ProtectControlGroups=yes
ReadWritePaths=/var/log/lsc
UMask=0007

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[artlog]

taking a look.

[davidcoutadeur]

I have proposed a systemd example in https://github.com/lsc-project/lsc/pull/230

• it runs lsc -f /etc/lsc -s all
• stdout logs are displayed in journalctl -xeu lsc.service

Certainly not perfect because the admin still needs to adapt the synchronization options (-s, -c, -a)

[coudot]

Solution to test: use the standard way to override a systemd service : https://askubuntu.com/questions/659267/how-do-i-override-or-configure-systemd-services

[davidcoutadeur]

I have added a new commit (6b9afd78) for:

• adding debian package recipes
• adding RHEL package recipes
• fixing some minor things
• renaming the systemd service names and corresponding default files, which I didn't find meaningful:

lsc-oneshot -> lsc-sync lsc -> lsc-async /etc/default/lsc-examplesynctask -> /etc/default/lsc-sync /etc/default/lsc-examplesynctask -> /etc/default/lsc-async

with these new rules, it is easier to understand which task is intended to be launched with which default file.

I have tested the new packages:

• debian 12: build ok, install ok, running ok
• rockylinux 9: build ok, install ok, running impossible because systemd not available on my container. But everything seems well-deployed.

@xavierba : I have some new remarks:

1. could you give a look and tell me if it is ok for you?
2. BuildRequires: systemd makes it impossible to build the package on debian systems. (which worked before...) Too bad... but if you have an alternative, feel free!
3. I didn't get this from your PR: %systemd_postun_with_restart lsc.service, because I am not sure if it is a good idea to restart the service when doing an upgrade, whatever the use case. (but I confess I am not sure of the meaning of systemd_postun_with_restart in this situation)
4. when everything will be ok, could you resolve conflicts in https://github.com/lsc-project/lsc/pull/246 ?

[davidcoutadeur]

As pointed out by @xavierba , we should take advantage of this issue to drop the support of init.d. I am favourable for doing so, because systemd is now the default component:

• since centos 7
• since debian 8

Anyway, we no longer support lsc packages for OS older that these.

If everyone is ok with that, I am going to remove init.d in #260

[coudot]

If everyone is ok with that, I am going to remove init.d in https://github.com/lsc-project/lsc/pull/260

Ok for me

[davidcoutadeur]

systemd scripts seems ready in #260 I am going to merge.

What I have done since last review:

• removed /etc/init.d/lsc support
• removed useless sed on /etc/default/lsc-* files (since these variables are now defined in corresponding systemd unit files)
• fix pid filename directly in systemd unit file
• removed %systemd_preun [email protected] since systemd doesn't know which instance to stop (even with a joker)
• removed /etc/default/lsc (since not used any more)
• clean and simplify /etc/default/lsc-sync and /etc/default/lsc-async
• write the documentation (see https://github.com/lsc-project/documentation/blob/main/source/run.rst#using-systemd-service)
• test build + install + run + remove on debian12: OK
• test build + install +run + remove on rocky9: OK (warnings during preinstall, but not due to systemd)
• split long lines