Be compatible with Upstart

[anselal]

From @HLFH on February 11, 2017 10:40

Hi,

With Upstart, you can use setuid and setgid. So, please migrate from SysVinit + Forever to Upstart + Forever.

Here is an example:

#!upstart

description "Wekan Upstart Script"
 
start on startup
stop on shutdown
 
expect fork

env NAME="Wekan"
env NODE_PATH="/home/username/.nvm/v0.10.40/bin"
env APPLICATION_PATH="/home/username/wekan/bundle/main.js"
env PIDFILE=/var/run/wekan.pid
env LOGFILE=/var/log/wekan.log
env MONGO_URL="mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/wekan"
env ROOT_URL="http://127.0.0.1"
env MAIL_URL='smtp://user:[email protected]:25/'
env PORT="8080"

script
    PATH=$NODE_PATH:$PATH

    exec forever \
        --pidFile $PIDFILE \
        -a \
        -l $LOGFILE \
        --minUptime 5000 \
        --spinSleepTime 2000 \
        start $APPLICATION_PATH

end script
 
pre-stop script
    PATH=$NODE_PATH:$PATH

    exec forever stop $APPLICATION_PATH
end script

Copied from original issue: anselal/wekan#20

[anselal]

@HLFH I haven't used upstart yet. I will take a look at it.

[anselal]

From @xet7 on February 13, 2017 7:37

@HLFH

I haven't used upstart, I currently only use systemd on Ubuntu 16.04 or Debian 8: https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Install-and-Update#optional-run-wekan-as-service

[anselal]

@HLFH I think I will stick to SysVinit for Ubuntu 14, and migrate to systemd for ubuntu 16 so there will be the support possible from us, for both versions. Thanx @xet7

[anselal]

From @HLFH on February 13, 2017 15:11

@anselal Ubuntu 14.04 supports UpStart. SysVinit is obsolete for Wekan use, even on Ubuntu 14.04. With Upstart, you have setuid and setgid features, so you can run Wekan as wekan user and not as root, which is quite better in terms of security, isnt' it?

#!upstart

description "Wekan Upstart Script"

start on startup
stop on shutdown

expect fork

setuid wekan
setgid wekan

env NAME="Wekan"
env NODE_PATH="/var/www/wekan/.nvm/v0.10.48/bin"
env APPLICATION_PATH="/var/www/wekan/main.js"
env PIDFILE=/var/run/wekan.pid
env LOGFILE=/var/log/wekan.log
env MONGO_URL="mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/wekan"
env ROOT_URL="https://wekan.example.com"
env MAIL_URL="smtp://[email protected]:[email protected]:25/"
env MAIL_FROM="[email protected]"
env PORT="8080"

script
    exec 2>>/dev/.initramfs/wekan.log
    set -x
    PATH=$NODE_PATH:$PATH

    exec forever \
        --pidFile $PIDFILE \
        -a \
        -l $LOGFILE \
        --minUptime 5000 \
        --spinSleepTime 2000 \
        start $APPLICATION_PATH

end script

pre-stop script
    PATH=$NODE_PATH:$PATH

    exec forever stop $APPLICATION_PATH
end script

[anselal]

If you think that there is a problem running wekan as root you can always edit the script and change the user running it. I will give upstart and systemd a try in the next releases, but as long as there are no problems with sysvinit I will stick with my implementation