Upstart (0.6.5) not retaining configuration. CentOS 6.2 64 Bit.

[James Hunt]

On 15/03/13 16:39, Alpha Bit wrote:
> Thanks for getting back.
> 
> There isn't really any exotic filesystem that I am using. Also, /etc/init is not
> a symbolic link.
This is the problem then - symbolic links are not supported for jobs in /etc/init/:

http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#symbolic-links-don-t-work-in-etc-init

It does appear that this behaviour was not documented in the 0.6.5 man pages.

Kind regards,

James.

 However myJob.conf file (sample conf)  is a symbolic link.
> Also, upstart/initctl detects the same file on all other systems that I have
> with no issues. I don't need to reload-configuration on those systems and
> whenever I reboot, the job gets started as expected.
> 
> I noticed on the affected system that messagebus (dbus) is not running and since
> the criteria for my start is on startup, I am thinking out loud here that the
> startup event is not getting emitted by the Upstart. I don't really know the
> inner workings of Upstart, but would that be a possibility? Does upstart need
> messagebus/dbus daemon to be running? or does it use dbus as an interface and
> doesn't really talk to the dbus daemon? I would have changed the start stanza to
> be more explicit for. ex. start on runlevel [345] but the fact that the same
> conf file works on all the other systems but one doesn't ratify this change.
> 
> Thanks again for all the help.
> 
> 
>> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:43:04 +0000
>> From: james.hunt at ubuntu.com
>> To: alphabit at outlook.com
>> CC: upstart-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: FW: Upstart (0.6.5) not retaining configuration. CentOS 6.2 64 Bit.
>>
>> On 15/03/13 03:46, Alpha Bit wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > First and foremost let me apologize if I am spamming the wrong list. I also
>> > tried getting some help on the irc channel.
>> >
>> > I have upstart 0.6.5 that CentOS ships with RHEL 6.2 64 bit. I have placed my
>> > custom .conf (say myJob.conf) file in /etc/init/ folder. After that I did a
>> > reboot and an initctl list, but I didn't see myJob in the list. I then did a
>> > initctl reload-configuration and an initctl list and I then see myJob in the
>> > list. I can also issue initclt start myJob with no issues and it works fine. The
>> > problem is after I reboot and an initctl list, myJob is again missing from the
>> > list. Its like I have to run reload-configuration on every reboot.
>> > The permissions look correct (root owned, world readable).
>> > I know reload-configuration is valid until the next reboot only, but how do I
>> > fix this issue? Upstart would ideally picks all the new .conf file on every
>> > reboot anyways, but just not in this case.
>> >
>> > myJob.conf looks like below:
>> > --------
>> > start on startup
>> > stop on runlevel[016]
>> > respawn
>> > doSomething
>> > ----------
>> >
>> > Any help/pointer is very much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> You should not need to reboot - Upstart uses inotify to watch /etc/init/ so that
>> any new job configuration files are parsed "immediately". However, when Upstart
>> first starts, it recurses through /etc/init manually (akin to 'initctl
>> reload-configuration') so it can read the existing .conf files at boot time.
>>
>> Some questions:
>>
>> (1) Are you using some sort of exotic remote/overlay filesystem that does not
>> support inotify?
>> (2) Is /etc/init/ a symbolic link?
>> (3) Is myJob.conf a symbolic link?
>> (4) Do you see this behaviour with every job you create? Try creating a minimal
>> job containing something like:
>>
>> exec sleep 1
>>
>> ... and see if initctl recognises it as valid.
>>
>> From what you've said, I'd guess the issue is probably (1).
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> James.
>> --
>> James Hunt
>> ____________________________________
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> 
> 

Kind regards,

James Hunt
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