Mediaflux startup script to run the server as non-root user

• The configuration file should be saved to /etc/mediaflux:

  export MFLUX_HOME=/opt/mediaflux
  export MFLUX_DOMAIN=system
  export MFLUX_USER=manager
  export MFLUX_TRANSPORT=https
  export MFLUX_PORT=8443
  export MFLUX_UMASK=0007
  export MFLUX_ADMIN=mflux
  

• The startup script modified from $MFLUX_HOME/bin/unix/mediaflux should be saved to /etc/init.d/mediaflux
• sudo cp $MFLUX_HOME/bin/unix/mediaflux /etc/init.d/mediaflux
• sudo vi /etc/init.d/mediaflux
  • Note: the following changes is required by systemd on Ubuntu Linux 16.04:

    #!/bin/bash

    # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
    # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
    # Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
    # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
    

  • Note: the following changes is to run the sevice as user mflux rather than root:

    start-stop-daemon --start --background --umask $MFLUX_UMASK -c $MFLUX_ADMIN --exec "${JAVA}" -- -jar $MFLUX_HOME/bin/aserver.jar application.home=$MFLUX_HOME nogui $DEBUG >> $MFLUX_HOME/volatile/logs/unix_start.log&

see also

• Documentation about LSB init scripts