Re: [Exist-open] Running exist 6.0.1 as a service on aws linux

[Hayim L. <hl...@um...>]

Hello and thanks for the answer!

ExecStart is correct (at least in the command line it starts exist)

$EXIST_HOME/logs/exist.log registers no new activity on
sudo systemctl start existdb
or
sudo systemctl restart existdb

thx!



On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 3:05 PM <ml-...@fl...>
wrote:

> Hayim,
>
> at first sight, your existdb.service file looks fine. I would first
> start checking the ExecStart path. If the path is valid, i would
> recommend to check the logs, especially $EXIST_HOME/logs/exist.log.
> Errors during startup should show up there.
>
> You may also try to run the startup.sh script manually as existdb user:
>
> sudo -u existdb /home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
>
> To stop the exist server started this way, just hit CTRL+C.
>
> Regarding
>
> sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .
>
> You're right, it's only one command. The documentation is slightly
> outdated in that regard. Initially, it contained two separate commands
> to set the user and the group separately. The single command above
> combines both steps.
>
> Greetings,
> Florian
>
> Am 19.07.2022 um 19:42 schrieb Hayim Lapin:
> > As a footnote: the documentation reads:
> >
> >     You do so by navigating to your |$EXIST_HOME| folder and typing the
> >     following two commands:
> >     sudo chown -R existdb:existdb .
> >
> > But isn't there only one command here?
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:34 PM Hayim Lapin <hl...@um...
> > <mailto:hl...@um...>> wrote:
> >
> >     Dear list,
> >     I have successfully created an aws instance running the default
> >     linux os running on port 8899.
> >     I have also followed the directions here
> >     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/advanced-installation#service
> > for
> >     running existdb as a service, apparently to no effect. My
> >     existed.service file below. Any hints about what I may be doing
> wrong?
> >     Many thanks,
> >     HL
> >
> >     [Unit]
> >     Description=eXist-db Server
> >     Documentation=https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/
> >     <https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/>
> >     After=syslog.target
> >
> >     [Service]
> >     Type=simple
> >     User=existdb
> >     Group=existdb
> >     ExecStart=/home/ec2-user/exist-6.0.1/bin/startup.sh
> >
> >     [Install]
> >     WantedBy=multi-user.target
> >
> >     Any suggestions about what I might be doing wrong?
> >
> >
> >
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