[Exist-development] Linux install should have option to add the startup/shutdown to the system startup/shutdown scripts

[Loren C. <lor...@gm...>]

We should add the option to have the installer create startup/shutdown scripts for linux.


The following is the script that is called for starting and stopping eXist.  It is passed a parameter start, stop, restart, reload, status, or condrestart:
/etc/init.d/existdb

The following are symlinks to the above script. These start or stop services defined in the scripts contained in the /etc/rc#.d directories. The S scripts are run during startup, lower through higher run-level. The K scripts are run during shutdown, higher through lower run-level.

/etc/rc0.d/K98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb
/etc/rc1.d/K98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb
/etc/rc2.d/S98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb
/etc/rc3.d/S98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb
/etc/rc4.d/S98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb
/etc/rc5.d/S98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb
/etc/rc6.d/K98existdb -> ../init.d/existdb


I will be developing the /etc/init.d/existdb script for the LEXA stack document.

This script and the symlinks will allow for a clean startup and shutdown of the eXist server when linux is being started, stopped, rebooted, etc.


Adding these scripts will allow for the user to have a command-line option of:

sudo /etc/init.d/existdb start

to start eXist

sudo /etc/init.d/existdb stop

to stop eXist and

sudo /etc/init.d/existdb restart

to restart eXist.


We would need to come up with what a reload could be or just have it do a restart.  A status would be a nice thing to identify.  Probably the process id (pid) and the the values displayed during startup.