add daemon capabilities. about gns3-server HOT 10 CLOSED

for systemd based linux systems, this service script should help:

[Unit]
Description=GNS3 server
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
Group=root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/gns3server --console_bind_to_any

# Give a reasonable amount of time for the server to start up/shut down
TimeoutSec=300

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

is probably best not to use root:root though ..

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if not use root , to bridge the nio would be a problem I think.

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@anubisg1 does that script work on systemd? because on sysinit it does not. I created as script file, but when i try to start it "locks" itself to the shell.

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Hi @networkpadawan , yes, that is a systemd script and it works like a charm. tested on Fedora, Centos, and openSUSE

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ubuntu uses sysinit so i have to build a bash script, can´t use yours:/ manage to bypass by using the '&' flag...not perfect but works!

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actually ubuntu uses upstart :D in any case ubuntu is a pain in the ass since it does always things its own way without following any real standard (unity, location of libraries, X server , ecc )

i'd say that the init script might be provided by gns3 as a template or something like that, but distribution packagers should add the service based on their standards.

what gns3 should add instead, is the ability to run gns3server as a daemon. that doesn't required a init script to be working.

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you're right, but to upstart seems a init daemon:P (still better than systemd imho )and yes gns3 should daemonize the server, even for a multi tenant env it would help.

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For upstart:

description "GNS3 server"
author      "GNS3 Team"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on shutdown

script
    echo $$ > /var/run/gns3.pid
    if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/gns3server ]; then
        pip3 install gns3-server==1.3.0rc2
    fi
    exec start-stop-daemon --start -c gns3 --exec /usr/local/bin/gns3server
end script

pre-start script
    echo "[`date`] GN3 Starting" >> /var/log/gns3.log
end script

pre-stop script
    rm /var/run/gns3.pid
    echo "[`date`] GNS3 Stopping" >> /var/log/gns3.log
end script

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Daemon is ready in 1.4 I just create a an issue with the need of a systemd script #229

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Systemd is ready

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