description "start/stop/control collectd" # http://collectd.org/ # Upstart is the replacement init system used in Debian, Ubuntu, # and in Fedora. Refer to http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/ # # Normally this file will live as `/etc/init/collectd.conf` usage "initctl collectd" author "Dave Cottlehuber " version "1.1" # There are a number of alternative start sequences however # most of those do not work on all Ubuntu flavours and releases. start on started networking and filesystem stop on runlevel [!2345] # collectd itself will run with reduced privileges, but not # all plugins will. Test and edit as required. # An alternative configuration is as a user script in ~/.init/ however # these cannot be started at boot time by the system without # arcane trickery. Also a root user will not see these tasks/jobs # by default. set*id is a reasonable and secure compromise. # These options are not supported on early upstart versions. #setuid nobody #setgid nobody # Other parameters such as the path to the configuration file # will have been compiled into the binary. These are trivially # added as environment variables below, and then into both # `pre-start` command check before collectd runs, and subsequent # `exec` command parameters below. Remember that upstart runs all # shell commands via `sh -e`. env DAEMON=/usr/sbin/collectd # Tell upstart to wait for collectd to SIGSTOP itself, signaling it is ready # to run. Warning: this only works with collectd 5.5 and newer. You'll have to # use "expect fork" instead, if using collectd 5.4 and older. expect stop # prevent thrashing - 10 restarts in 5 seconds respawn respawn limit 10 5 # Uncomment to make a log available in /var/log/upstart/collectd.log # (not supported on early upstart versions). #console log # The daemon will not start if the configuration is invalid. pre-start exec $DAEMON -t # Let's start! exec $DAEMON