Run self compiled executable

[MrJoki007]

Hello,

whats the best way of permanently runnung a self compiled binary in truenas?
I need it to autorun on startup and always run in background.
Currently im running it in a debian vm on my windows machine, but i want to transfer it to my truenas scale server.

Thank you

 

[sretalla]

Depending on how you need to manage it while it runs, it may be best to start it with tmux, so it can be accessed/viewed and/or managed while running and will not be subject to stopping if the middleware crashes.

You would set up a startup/init command.

Like this:
tmux new-session -d -s myexecutable '/mnt/pool/dataset/executable'

 

[ChrisRJ]

Was this compiled on a system that uses the exact same shared libs as TrueNAS Scale? Or does this binary not use shared libs at all? Can you be more specific what program or kind of program we are talking about?

You did, by the way, not specify whether we are talking about TrueNAS Core or Scale or what version.

 

[sretalla]

You did, by the way, not specify whether we are talking about TrueNAS Core or Scale or what version

It's posted in the SCALE sub-forum, so that can be considered as specified. Exact version might be helpful, but probably won't change a lot.

 

[ChrisRJ]

It's posted in the SCALE sub-forum, so that can be considered as specified

Sorry, I had overlooked that, since I only read posts via the "What's new" link. Will look more carefully from now on. Thanks!

 

[sretalla]

I had overlooked that, since I only read posts via the "What's new" link. Will look more carefully from now on. Thanks!

It used to get me every time for quite a while, so now I'm used to looking at the top of every post to check.

 

[Whattteva]

whats the best way of permanently runnung a self compiled binary in truenas?
I need it to autorun on startup and always run in background.

If it's just a daemon and you only need it to "run and forget it", you can setup a cron task like this:

Code:

@reboot root /path/to/executable

EDIT: Oops... I'm setting this up as if it's a vanilla Linux system. Can probably just use System Settings -> Advanced -> Init/Shutdown Scripts or Cron Jobs

 

[MrJoki007]

Depending on how you need to manage it while it runs, it may be best to start it with tmux, so it can be accessed/viewed and/or managed while running and will not be subject to stopping if the middleware crashes.

You would set up a startup/init command.

Like this:
tmux new-session -d -s myexecutable '/mnt/pool/dataset/executable'

Thank you.
The way with tmux works perfectly.