Bernie's blog

unfortunately we all don't use Redhat, and so the startup files for tractor wont run. Here is my own startup scripts for Pixar's Tractor tested on my own server and Gentoo.
first on the tractor-engine:

ln -s [path2engine]/admin/pixar /etc/conf.d/tractor-engine

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 2010-2011 Nexus International LLC
# - Bernard Edlington

opts="reload"

depend() {
after PixarLicenseServer
}

prog="tractor-engine"
pidfile=/var/run/$prog.pid
# engineOPTIONS & engineDIR already defined in conf file
executable=$engineDIR/$prog

checkconfig() {
if [[ ! -x $executable ]] ; then
eerror "You need exec file "
return 1
fi
return 0
}

start() {
checkconfig || return $?
ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"
start-stop-daemon --start \
--exec ${executable} \
-- --pidfile=/var/run/${prog}.pid \
--daemon ${engineOPTIONS}
eend $?
}

stop() {
ebegin "Stopping ${SVCNAME}"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec ${executable} \
--pidfile /var/run/${prog}.pid
eend $?
}

reload() {
ebegin "Reloading ${SVCNAME}"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec ${executable} \
--pidfile /var/run/${prog}.pid
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon --start \
--exec ${executable} \
-- --pidfile=/var/run/${prog}.pid \
--daemon ${engineOPTIONS}
eend $?
}

chmod +x /etc/init.d/tractor-engine

rc-update add tractor-engine default

ln -s [path2blade]/admin/pixar /etc/conf.d/tractor-blade

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 2010-2011 Nexus International LLC
# - Bernard Edlington
opts="reload"

depend() {
after PixarLicenseServer
}

prog="tractor-blade"
pidfile=/var/run/$prog.pid
# bladeDIR already defined in conf file
executable=$bladeDIR/$prog
bladeOptions="--daemon --debug --log \
$bladeLOGFILE --pidfile=/var/run/${prog}.pid "

checkconfig() {
if [[ ! -x $executable ]] ; then
eerror "You need exec file "
return 1
fi
return 0
}

start() {
checkconfig || return $?
ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"
start-stop-daemon --start \
--user ${bladeOWNER} \
--exec ${executable} -- \
${bladeOptions}
#eend $? # bug!! blade always returns 1
eend 0
}

stop() {
ebegin "Stopping ${SVCNAME}"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec ${executable} \
--pidfile /var/run/${prog}.pid
eend $?
}

reload() {
ebegin "Reloading ${SVCNAME}"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet \
--exec ${executable} \
--pidfile /var/run/${prog}.pid
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon --start \
--chuid ${bladeOWNER} \
--exec ${executable} -- \
${bladeLOGFILE}
#eend $? # same here
eend 0
}

chmod +x /etc/init.d/tractor-blade

rc-update add tractor-blade default