RE: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to
There is some stuff here: http://www.peredur.uklinux.net/msc/ (in particular, pages 54, 55 and 56) It's not very much and is SuSE-based, but it is recent and does deal with cross-platform issues. HTH Peter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Chadwick Sent: 01 May 2006 19:51 To: Mono-list@lists.ximian.com Subject: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to Hi, I have been trawling the list archives and the mono site on the recommended approach for writing / deploying a windows service to target linux but haven't been able to find a good reference. What is the current recommended approach for developing and deploying services with mono on linux? Basically I am looking to port a windows service so that it runs via /etc/init.d/natesnuclearservice start | stop | restart etc. I saw a few threads refer to a mono-service but they seemed a couple years old? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, -n ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
Re: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to
Hi Nate, I have been trawling the list archives and the mono site on the recommended approach for writing / deploying a windows service to target linux but haven't been able to find a good reference. The good reference depends pretty much on the Linux distribution you are targetting. Most documentation and links in the list archive are about Novell's SuSE Linux; I managed to get it working on Fedora Core (and Solaris) based on that, using documentation for native daemons/services. What is the current recommended approach for developing and deploying services with mono on linux? Basically I am looking to port a windows service so that it runs via /etc/init.d/natesnuclearservice start | stop | restart etc. Usually this involves having a distribution-specific shell script that spawns mono-service (or mono-service2 for .NET 2.0) and interacts with it via PID and signals. During initial development getting your service to work can be a little tricky as exceptions or Mono crashes are not logged. You might need to figure out how to manually call Mono with the managed mono-service class to see its output on the console. As for deployment, that depends on the system as well - so far I've only worked with Solaris packages but it should also be possible through RPMs or Debian packages just like installing native daemons. I saw a few threads refer to a mono-service but they seemed a couple years old? The most up-to-date mono-service options are available through man mono-service. :-) And no, there are also more recent posts on this topic, e.g. by me around February, also some earlier related posts on the topic of running XSP as daemon. HTH, Andreas ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
Re: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to
There is a service wrapper for the ServiceProcess class. Since all init.d the implements (or start-stop-pause daemons) have different flavors and variations in each distro, you will have to write the wrapper for your init.d yourself. You can find the source in the mcs source under mcs/tools/mono-service/ and you should have a program installed script installed with mono called 'mono-service'. You can also read the man page on it as well. The way it works is you write an sh script (or whatever you start/stop daemon uses) and have it invoke that app using these parameters: mono-service [-d:DIRECTORY] [-l:LOCKFILE] [-n:NAME] [-m:LOGNAME] servicename.exe The way it works is if you want to Stop the service, you pass in a SIGTERM kill command, if you want pause you kill with SIGUSR1, and to resume you call SIGUSR2. An example would be to start the service run: $ mono-service -l:/var/run/my-service-lock MyService.exe then to pause: $ kill -USR1 ‘cat /var/run/my-service-lock‘ to resume: $ kill -USR2 ‘cat /var/run/my-service-lock‘ and then to kill say: $ kill ‘cat /var/run/my-service-lock‘ Zac Bowling http://www.zacbowling.com/ On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 14:51 -0400, Nate Chadwick wrote: Hi, I have been trawling the list archives and the mono site on the recommended approach for writing / deploying a windows service to target linux but haven't been able to find a good reference. What is the current recommended approach for developing and deploying services with mono on linux? Basically I am looking to port a windows service so that it runs via /etc/init.d/natesnuclearservice start | stop | restart etc. I saw a few threads refer to a mono-service but they seemed a couple years old? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, -n ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
RE: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to
Thanks Zac. I didn't even think of checking the man pages. -n -Original Message- From: Zac Bowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:31 PM To: Nate Chadwick Subject: Re: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to There is a service wrapper for the ServiceProcess class. Since all init.d the implements (or start-stop-pause daemons) have different flavors and variations in each distro, you will have to write the wrapper for your init.d yourself. You can find the source in the mcs source under mcs/tools/mono-service/ and you should have a program installed script installed with mono called 'mono-service'. You can also read the man page on it as well. The way it works is you write an sh script (or whatever you start/stop daemon uses) and have it invoke that app using these parameters: mono-service [-d:DIRECTORY] [-l:LOCKFILE] [-n:NAME] [-m:LOGNAME] servicename.exe The way it works is if you want to Stop the service, you pass in a SIGTERM kill command, if you want pause you kill with SIGUSR1, and to resume you call SIGUSR2. An example would be to start the service run: $ mono-service -l:/var/run/my-service-lock MyService.exe then to pause: $ kill -USR1 'cat /var/run/my-service-lock' to resume: $ kill -USR2 'cat /var/run/my-service-lock' and then to kill say: $ kill 'cat /var/run/my-service-lock' Zac On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 14:51 -0400, Nate Chadwick wrote: Hi, I have been trawling the list archives and the mono site on the recommended approach for writing / deploying a windows service to target linux but haven't been able to find a good reference. What is the current recommended approach for developing and deploying services with mono on linux? Basically I am looking to port a windows service so that it runs via /etc/init.d/natesnuclearservice start | stop | restart etc. I saw a few threads refer to a mono-service but they seemed a couple years old? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, -n ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
Re: [Mono-list] mono service/SCM on linux how to
Thanks, I was worried about the debugging thing. The best thing I can think of is implementing fairly heavy log4net style logging. This leads me to another question on the conf files for the service. I know typically linux service oriented apps place configuration files into /etc/. With .NET apps defaulting to appname.dll.config in the same dir as the executable, is the standard approach to symlink the config file to a proper location in /etc/? My target platform for production is SuSe though I have a couple of other flavors in the engineering to QA to production loop still (Gentoo/RHEL). Thanks, -n On 5/1/06, Andreas Färber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Nate, I have been trawling the list archives and the mono site on the recommended approach for writing / deploying a windows service to target linux but haven't been able to find a good reference. The good reference depends pretty much on the Linux distribution you are targetting. Most documentation and links in the list archive are about Novell's SuSE Linux; I managed to get it working on Fedora Core (and Solaris) based on that, using documentation for native daemons/services. What is the current recommended approach for developing and deploying services with mono on linux? Basically I am looking to port a windows service so that it runs via /etc/init.d/natesnuclearservice start | stop | restart etc. Usually this involves having a distribution-specific shell script that spawns mono-service (or mono-service2 for .NET 2.0) and interacts with it via PID and signals. During initial development getting your service to work can be a little tricky as exceptions or Mono crashes are not logged. You might need to figure out how to manually call Mono with the managed mono-service class to see its output on the console. As for deployment, that depends on the system as well - so far I've only worked with Solaris packages but it should also be possible through RPMs or Debian packages just like installing native daemons. I saw a few threads refer to a mono-service but they seemed a couple years old? The most up-to-date mono-service options are available through man mono-service. :-) And no, there are also more recent posts on this topic, e.g. by me around February, also some earlier related posts on the topic of running XSP as daemon. HTH, Andreas ___ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
