Questions tagged [chkconfig]
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Oracle 19c on Oracle Linux 8, dbora start script ONLY starting when chkconfig sets it to level S99. Any other level like S98, fails to start on reboot
I'm running Oracle 19c on Oracle Linux 8, dbora start script ONLY starting when chkconfig sets it to level S99. Any other level like S98, fails to start on reboot. Regardless of the chkconfig level, ...
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Creating a service on Centos 6 causes it to block on startup display
I'm trying to create a service on Centos 6, but it's executing on the startup console instead of in background, which means it never reaches the user interface - it just hangs on the startup display.
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Apache / httpd not creating a PID file on boot
I installed Subversion Edge 5.2.2 which uses Apache on CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511. I installed it as a service which I can stop / start.
The httpd.conf has entry
PidFile "/opt/csvn-5.2.2/data/...
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chkconfig wont install tomcat8
I have tomcat8 intalled on my Amazon Linux AMI, I modified the tomcat8 init script header, so chkconfig could install tomcat8 to run automatically on boot. The modified header is:
#!/bin/bash
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iptables is on from chkconfig after installing/upgrade iptables rpm
Why after installing from scratch the iptables or upgrading the iptables
Then iptables from chkconfig display on ?
How to avoid chkconfig iptables on , after installling/upgradin iptables ?
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Meaning of "chkconfig" runlevels "S" (capital S) and "B" (capital B) in Linux
I'm running the chkconfig --list command on a server with SLES 10 SP2 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2). I know the meaning of runlevels from 0 to 6, but some lines also have a "S" (...
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How to handle error: service xvfb does not support chkconfig?
When I followed the installation instructions below to install xvfb, I get the following error:
service xvfb does not support chkconfig
Installation Instructions
Install Xvfb (via the RHEL ...
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Restarting Service w/ `chkconfig`?
After running:
sudo chkconfig --add X
sudo chkconfig X on
I ran chkconfig --list X:
$ chkconfig --list X
X 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
My understanding is that, ...
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Using chkconfig to implement auto-start on RHEL7? [duplicate]
I'm moving an in-house application from RHEL6 to RHEL7 servers.
I read you should still be able to use
chkconfig and service commands to install start/stop scripts, even if they have now changed to ...
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Strange chkconfig behaviour on Debian for samba service
The service "samba" is not starting at boot on this standard Debian 7.7 installation while it should.
Based on the chkconfig man page, I did this, but it still doesn't start at boot :
chkconfig ...
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/dev/console terminal for startup service on Centos 7
I am working on a system running Centos 7 and I'm pretty new to Linux in general. I have a task to re-implement some startup services that was supported automatically by 3rd party tool in our previous ...
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systemd doesn't honour chkconfig KILL order
I have a init script which has to start and stop both firstly during system reboot. I was able to achieve this by having a appropriate chkConfig START and KILL order.
Sometimeback only, I have ...
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Redis fails to start on OpenSuse Leap 42.1 after upgrade
I decided to upgrade a machine running 13.2 to the latest Leap 42.1. I started the process and it did the upgrade. After the reboot everything is working except for the redis server service. I can't ...
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I have two Mysql servers running on Centos7 . both using different ports. have to manually boot on start.
I need help . mysql on port 3306 and mysql2 on port 3307.
I copied my.cnf to my2.cnf
I added the following in my2.cnf:
datadir=/var/lib/mysql2
port=3307
cp /etc/init.d/mysql /etc/init.d/mysql2
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chkconfig shows off in all levels but it running
In my CentOS6 machine, chkconfig shows about httpd as below, but running automatically whenever reboot the system.
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
What can I ...
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Where's sshd in OpenSuse 13.2?
After I installed OpenSuse 13.2 I discovered that even if the ssh connection to the box were successful I could not find the running service as I did before (with chkconfig command)
Why?
My last ...
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My Linux VM wont start due to wrong chkconfig startup priorities set on oracle db and weblogic
I have setup startup scripts for Oracle database 11gR2 and WebLogic 10.3.6 with below chkconfig values but WebLogic tried to start first instead of Oracle database. My application is dependent of ...
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Logstash Forwarder doesn't start up with chkconfig in CentOS 5
I have set up logstash-forwarder on a CentOS 5 machine installing it from this RPM:
http://download.elasticsearch.org/logstash-forwarder/packages/logstash-forwarder-0.3.1-1.x86_64.rpm
When I went ...
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Is Nginx running at all runlevels bad?
I inherited some EC2 (running AMI) instances at my new job and I am trying to figure out the method that my predecessor used to set them up. This might be a really basic question, but my knowledge of ...
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Service is not starting on Centos on boot
I have a service installed to start jasper reporting server on boot. I believe it is correctly setup.
here is the startup script placed in /etc/init.d/jasperserver
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# ...
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puppet service not stopping service (iptables)
I am trying to use a puppet master 3.1.1 to manage iptables on various servers. My local
puppet agent is 2.7.19, the server OS is CentOS 5.4.
/etc/puppet/modules/mycompany/manifests/config/iptables....
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mysql 5.6 doesn't start automatically on redhat 6.4 server start-up but do start when manually run “service mysql start”
I'm trying without success to set mysql to start automatically (mysql 5.6 on RHEL6.4) When I run "service --status-all" after server (redhat) restart it always shows "MySQL is not running, but lock ...
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Recommended way to disable atd (and other unnecessary startup processes) in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
I just spun up a new Ubuntu 14.04 server and have been having a bit of trouble getting the atd daemon to stop auto-launching. There's been a bit of changing around on the management of startup ...
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This script won't execute on startup, ideas?
The distribution is RHEL 5.
The script has been added to chkconfig like so:
# chkconfig --add script
# chkconfig script on
But it refuses to start when taking up the machine, what could be the ...
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chkconfig on for arbitrary path program
Noramlly to add a start up program one have something like
chkconfig httpd on
however how can I do this for a program that I need to start like
/usr/local/program/sbin/program
? I tried
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Chkconfig-- what are the 0-6 in chkconfig result?
what are the 0-6 in chkconfig result ?
Example
chkconfig --list|grep iptables
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
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chkconfig not automatically starting mysql
I have mysql set in chkconfig to automatically start when the system reboots:
root@myserver:~#chkconfig mysql
mysql on
However, this does not seem to be the case. When the system reboots, I get the ...
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chkconfig equivalent for upstart jobs on CentOS6
On RHEL6/CentOS6 what is the upstart way to:
chkconfig add my-svc
chkconfig my-svc on
Explanation:
I have written an /etc/init/xvc0.conf job. I can do
start xvc0
on the CLI, but after reboot ...
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EC2 - Want to mount before service starts
I am using AWS EC2, and I have added an extra EBS volume. It is currently mounted as a new device.
MySQL & Redis DB stores their data on the new EBS volume, and they are registered in the ...
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chkconfig vs /etc/inittab
I had a look at what chkconfig and /etc/inittab - from what I could see both does the same something.
If I am wrong, what is the different and which one I should use for specific requirement?
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Startup services are not getting started in CENTOS
I deployed my project on a Shared Hosting that has Root access the Server in picture is CENTOS
now although I have defined the service to start on boot it not getting started
chkconfig --level 35 ...
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Automatically remove instance from ELB on server stop
How to automatically remove an instance from its LoadBalance (ELB) when you stop the instance?
I've tried to create a shutdown script and put it on chkconfig, but it is not working:
#!/bin/bash
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error in config DHCP on centos6
I was trying to configure DHCP on centos 6.my eth0 configuration is:
[centos@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
HWADDR="00:0C:29:AE:62:BC"
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chkconfig creating service symlinks with the wrong order
On RHEL 6.3, I have a system service that should be starting after postgresql and httpd (order 64 and 85, respectively), but chkconfig always places it at order 50. I tried an experiment on a CentOS 6....
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Why daemon does not run
My daemon used to run under 10.04, but no longer starts automatically on 12.04.
If I start it manually
/etc/init.d/sqlexecd start, it works.
Here is the output of uname -a
Linux steamboy 3.2.0-30-...
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Determine which apps run on startup
I have a CentOS 6 32bit VPS and I'd like to determine, How do I know which apps automatically run on startup?
EDIT: I have tried chkconfig --list but I don't understand what these lines meant:
[root@...
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randomly occupied AJP port on server restart
I have 9 tomcat instances (fronted with apache and mod_jk) on a box which start with /etc/init.d/tomcatX scripts (where X is a [1-9] number). These scripts are simple:
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# ...
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What's the difference between chkconfig on vs chkconfig --add?
Whats the difference between using chkconfig on and using chkconfig --add?
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CentOS: Init scripts failing to start for some unknown reason
I'm running CentOS 6.2 - I've just migrated some applications over to a failover server, and copied their init scripts into /etc/init.d.
I've made them executable, added them to chkconfig, with ...
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When you add a new node to a cluster, what do you do to the default services?
Everytime I acquire a new server or reload an existing server (CentOS 6.X) I have to decide what services to leave running in chkconfig. It seems the datacenter staff aren't using a single edition of ...
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chkconfig $svc reset does not take effect if executed by higher pri init.d service at boot?
On a centos 6 derivative (Amazon Linux), I have an init.d script ecrinit that is meant to enable/disable some services at system startup (based on contents of a properties file on disk):
if [[ "$...
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Explanation of chkconfig Levels
What do the levels in chkconfig mean?
e.g.
chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on
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chkconfig not starting application script on bootup
OS: Centos 5.7
My application script starts like this (/etc/init.d/myapp):
#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig 2345 85 60
# description: my application controller
# processname: myapp
NAME=MyApp
DIR=/opt/myapp/
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Is there an issue with working directory when using service to launch an init script?
I am curious, is there something I need to watch out for when spawning process as background jobs from init scripts using service?
Here is the line that works at terminal, in a bash script/an init ...
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Error while setting a run level for a service on ubuntu 10.04
I had stopped openvpn from loading at boot by doing this:
sudo chkconfig openvpn off
Now I want it to load at boot up. So I did this:
sudo chkconfig openvpn on
But it fails and the error I get ...
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Subtle difference in chkconfig entry
I'm not able to try this out on one of our machines, so I'm asking here instead!
Why does the following chkconfig entry in an init script work:
# chkconfig: - 95 05
whereas the following doesn't:
#...
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`# probe: true` in /etc/rc.d/init.d/* files on a RedHat system
Some files (e.g. nfs, nfslock, bind) in my /etc/rc.d/init.d/ directory have in their comment header a line such as:
# probe: true
I found that those particular scripts has the probe verb i.e.:
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Starting services with parameters on Fedora
I recently installed memcached and I want it to run by default on my Fedora LAMP server (Amazon EC2 Instance)
I've set it up in my init script doing the following:
chkconfig --level 4 memcached on
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Services to disable on a newly installed CentOS 5.3 machine?
I've recently installed a CentOS 5.3 machine which I'm locking down for server usage in a headless environment (no GUI will be used on the machine). The server will be used as a combined web- and ...
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What is needed for a linux service to be supported by chkconfig?
I am trying to add to the auto start at boottime a linux service through the
chkconfig -add <servicename>
and I get a message saying
service <servicename> does not support chkconfig
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