starting with upstart

[joshi dhaval]

Hi, thank you

I saw my rhel 6 version its using same init scripts, called using rc.conf  does upstart really doesnt provide any benifits ? 

It will be great if you can provide me already tested scripts if its worth to implement upstart.

Regards,
Dhaval


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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 2:28 AM IST Evan Huus wrote:

>On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joshi dhaval <d_joshi84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am new to upstart and have some question to implement it on RHEL 6 ...
>> when we install upstart, do we have to convert services manually to upstart ? for example we have services under init.d like nfs, nis, kerberos., automount .. do i have to convert them all to manage by upstart ?
>> or are they available somewhere , already tested ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dhaval
>
>Hi Dhaval,
>
>"Pure" upstart does not support init.d services, however upstart comes
>with a compatibility service /etc/init/rc.conf which does. I think you
>ought to be able to install it and just let the compat layer do its
>thing.
>
>Upstart doesn't really provide any benefit over classic services
>unless you convert most of your jobs to native upstart though.
>Fortunately, most services have upstart jobs already created for them
>by Ubuntu, Debian, or the appropriate upstream. I would check the
>appropriate package in Ubuntu/Debian for a *.conf file in /etc/init/
>before you bother writing your own.
>
>If you have any other questions, check out the cookbook:
>http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/
>If you can't find the answer there, please don't hesitate to ask.
>
>Cheers,
>Evan