SOLVED etherpad in a jail | rc.d script

[mistermanko]

Making Etherpad run a jail locally is straight forward.
install git npm and node, clone the git, run.sh and you're good.

Now I'm struggling to have it start and run as a service. So far I've put together this rc.d script which is not working:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#

# PROVIDE: etherpad
# REQUIRE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: shutdown
#
# Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable etherpad:
#
# etherpad_enable="YES"
#

. /etc/rc.subr

name="etherpad"
rcvar=${name}_enable


start_cmd="${name}_start"
#stop_cmd="${name}_stop"

load_rc_config $name

etherpad_user="etherpad"
procname="java"


pidfile=/var/run/etherpad/etherpad.pid
daemon_args=" -c -f /usr/local/www/etherpad-lite/src/bin/run.sh"
etherpad_start()
{
    su -l ${etherpad_user} -c "/usr/sbin/daemon ${daemon_args}"
}

run_rc_command "$1"

I'd appreciate some ideas?

 

[sretalla]

I'd appreciate some ideas?

Since you're starting a shell file, I'm not sure if you aren't going to need to pass it via the shell interpreter... like /bin/sh ...

 

[mistermanko]

Since you're starting a shell file, I'm not sure if you aren't going to need to pass it via the shell interpreter... like /bin/sh ...

it's a pitty, would have been an easy fix, but it is not working.

There is a whole bunch of script examples on the github, unfortunately missing FreeBSD.

How to deploy Etherpad Lite as a service

Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor. - ether/etherpad-lite

github.com

I had hoped to patch something together from there, but noticed I lack the knowledge...

 

[sretalla]

I see a reference in there to safeRun.sh... maybe try that one instead?

Also would be worth a look at what that scrips is actually running... maybe it can be run directly instead.

I had a look at the rc.d from nodered thinking it would be similar to what's needed since it also runs on node.js, but unfortunately it starts with an executable, not a script.

Maybe we can look around for another working plugin that uses node.js (I think homebridge or a few others might be candidates)

 

[mistermanko]

Maybe we can look around for another working plugin that uses node.js (I think homebridge or a few others might be candidates)

brilliant idea. This has brought me to pm2, the nodejs package manager that can start / stop any node app

Code:

npm install -g pm2
pm2 startup rcd
sysrc pm2_enable="YES"

pm2 start homebridge -- -D
pm2 save

FreeNAS 11.1 Installation using a Jail

HomeKit support for the impatient. Contribute to homebridge/homebridge development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Will try that when I'm home.

 

[mistermanko]

Yep, that was the right pointer. Works phenomenally well and is fairly easy to set up, once you know how to do it. I am gonna make a quick ressource out of it, it may become helpful for someone in the future.
Thanks again, for your input!