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Is there reference documentation for CloudInit?

Ubuntu's CloudInit package is very useful; however, the only documentation I've found on all of the available options is in their examples: ...
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Cannot get Nginx to start on boot with Ubuntu

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and Nginx 1.2.1 which I compiled from source. I tried the below commands to get nginx to start on boot: $ sudo update-rc.d nginx default $ sudo update-rc.d nginx enable 2345 ...
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How to execute further commands in a Linux startup script after starting a process

I am trying to write a startup script that executes an application (MapProxy) after a server reboot. My server runs Ubuntu 11.04 Natty 64 bit. In the script, I execute a python script exec python ...
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Changing MySQL startup timeout ([fail] reported although mysql properly started)

I've created a script to cleanup InnoDB storage engine. Everything works fine except that creating the ib_logfile0 and ib_logfile1 files when innodb_log_file_size is set to 1GB takes a while which ...
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Best way to start a program at boot on Ubuntu Server

I have a server running Ubuntu Server 11.10 and I have some programs I want to start at boot time such as Nginx, my Unicorn workers etc. In fact, I know how to start my programmes either by adding a ...
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Grub 1.99 default?

I have been running into an issue. I have my grub set to run the only OS on power on, and the BIOS to automatically restart the machine if it dies. The issue is that if the machine dies (from say a ...
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(Ubuntu) How to configure startup application?

I'm trying to configure the startup application in Ubuntu. I want to perform the following tasks in sequence when a user login to Ubuntu's desktop: Ensure that the webserver is started ...
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(Ubuntu) How to ensure that webserver has been started before the desktop environment is shown?

I'm trying to create my own Linux distro in LiveCD format. I have put a webserver in my Linux LiveCD, and make it automatically startup during boot time. I have made the LiveCD to auto-login to ...
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/etc/rc.local not being run on Ubuntu Desktop Install

I have been trying to get sphinx to run at boot, so I added some lines to /etc/rc.local but nothing happens when I start up. If i run it manually it works however. /etc/init.d/rc.local start works ...
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Looking for a start-up error on Ubuntu after upgrade

I performed a do-release-upgrade through SSH to upgrade a server from 8.04 to 10.04. I have followed the on-screen infos through the upgrade and everything seemed to go well. However, after the ...
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Ubuntu restarting a startup program

I have a program that I added to /etc/rc.local to have it run as soon as the server starts. The problem is that sometimes the program stops responding and I need to restart it but I can not restart ...
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Error starting postgresql server on ubuntu

I recently stopped the postgresql database (that was working perfectly), and after a couple of days, when I try to start it, I get the errors: 2011-01-03 23:56:27 CLST LOG: could not translate host ...
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Run Python Server at Startup

I've got a few Python based servers that I need to run, and would like them to start automatically when I start my Ubuntu Server box. What is the best way to execute them like this? I was hoping I ...
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Startup services running twice

When I reboot my ubuntu 10.04 32 bit machine all the startup services started twice. The startup process looks like this: Starting apache2 Starting apache2 (98)Address already in use: make_sock: ...
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What's the correct way to start a Ubuntu Upstart script from another Upstart script?

I have three Ubuntu Upstart scripts: browser runs an instance of firefox as an unprivileged user browsers starts when screen is started and launches browser PORT=1 browser PORT=2 browser PORT=3 ...
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ubuntu startup script problem

i have this startup script under fedora running fine #!/bin/sh -e export P4JOURNAL=/var/log/perforce/journal export P4LOG=/var/log/perforce/p4err export P4ROOT=/var/local/perforce export P4PORT=1666 ...
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How to install MySql on Ubuntu 10

I have done the following: shell> sudo apt-get install mysql-server-core-5.1 shell> sudo apt-get install mysql-client-core-5.1 Both seemed to complete fine with no errors. I have the ...
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can start-stop-daemon only run as su

Ubuntu Lucid. I am writing a start/stop script for a program. The program shall be started/stopped by the crontab. Running it as program-user, error message: start-stop-daemon command not found. ...
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How To Start NX/VNC Session At Ubuntu Boot Time?

I want an NX or VNC session to start automatically when an Ubuntu server boots up - without a monitor connected - loading a certain user's desktop and keeping it loaded and ready until I log in via NX ...
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Network Manager Startup Hook

How to add a line like: search somesuffix.com to /etc/resolv.conf on Network Manager startup in Ubuntu?
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Launch Nginx on startup

I was able to install and run nginx, and passenger but i'm not able to have nginx come up whenever i reboot my server. To start the nginx process i just type in sudo /opt/nginx/sbin/nginx. From my ...
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Help me get clear on daemonizing a startup script

I need some linux / ubuntu help: I have a HTTP Comet server that I run with the following command: $ node comet.js > /dev/null & The > /dev/null bit is so all output is "shredded", and the ...
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Small Business office of ~ 10 people: Ubuntu (stable) or other OS?

A small startup of approx 10 - 20 employees is looking into using Open Source / Free technology to save money on Operating System license fees, etc. Assuming an Admin is competent enough to 'keep up' ...