On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Jim Klimov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes. That 'distributed SMF' thing, too ;) > Distributed systems, and orchestration would be nice enhancements. Systems generally don't live in isolation any more. (Although it's a lot simpler if they do.) > For me that would be an ability to see and influence service states on > remote envs (including neighboring other zones), so e.g. if a tracked > instance of database got up somewhere, start this appserver here (or the > opposite for orderly shutdowns). I had some clumsy PoCs back in the day, > but nothing good to share except a few ideas ;( > If you look at the smf(5) man page, there's a tantalizing hint about scopes, and "localhost" being the only currently supported scope. > Also, monitoring of service state (other than just the process running) - > similar to what I bolted on with zones-as-a-service, or vbox svc's, or > cataliner-framework - to take action when the service stalled, to complete > the SMF startup method when the service is actually ready to serve (so > dependants can actually contact it), etc. > Yeah. What happened to monitor methods? Something else that was never fully fleshed out or completed. > There are also some good sides and unit types in systemd - might look at > transplanting some nifty ideas back from those who emulate SMF, poorly in > some cases ;) > > Jim > -- > Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Android > -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------ illumos-discuss Archives: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/T83f198c8597cf8e3-Md834d05d313eb1585cf5a908 Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com
