Is there any start/stop shell script for geth which is executed after Debian or Ubuntu OS boot up?
For example, startup scripts usually located under
/etc/init.d/ /etc/rc.local
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asked Mar 2 '16 at 2:52
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maybe duplicate: ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/366/… – euri10 Mar 22 '16 at 15:11
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I won't get into a system.d vs sysvinit debate, but here's how you could do it with the defaults init manager that Debian / Ubuntu is shipped with.
Create a file
/etc/systemd/system/geth@.serviceand fill it with that:[Unit] Description=geth Ethereum daemon Requires=network.target [Service] Type=forking User=%I ExecStart=/home/USERNAME/go-ethereum/build/bin/geth Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.targetChange
/home/USERNAME/go-ethereum/build/bin/gethto wherever your geth is :)Once you're done with the file, enable the service
sudo systemctl enable geth@USERNAME.serviceThen your user can start it with
sudo systemctl start geth@USERNAME.service
Next time you reboot it should start!
For more details see systemd.service man page. There are plenty of options that may be interesting.
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1Have tried this. Geth is restarted by systemd all the time. I think you meant "Type=Simple" since geth doesn't fork itself – Leon Grapenthin Jan 17 '18 at 11:22
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Here's what I use on Ubuntu via upstart. I put the following in the file /etc/init/geth.conf
description "geth 1.3.5"
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on shutdown
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
setuid your_nonroot_user
script
exec bash -c '/usr/bin/geth --rpc --verbosity "2" 2>>/home/geth/logs/geth'
end script
This will start at boot and you can control via sudo start|stop geth
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1. You can add startup app like this
- Find the location of geth executable using
which geth - Execute the following commands in order
Assume PATH-TO-GETH is the result of which geth
sudo cp PATH-TO-GETH /etc/init.d/
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/geth
sudo update-rc.d geth defaults
2. Run after reboot with crontab
@reboot /path/to/script
3. Start/Stop Script from here
#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 35 90 12
# description: Geth Instance
#
# Get function from functions library
. /etc/init.d/functions
# Start the service GETH
start() {
initlog -c "echo -n Starting GETH: "
/path/to/geth &
### Create the lock file ###
touch /var/lock/subsys/geth
success $"geth startup"
echo
}
# Restart the service geth
stop() {
initlog -c "echo -n Stopping GETH: "
killproc geth
### Now, delete the lock file ###
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/geth
echo
}
### main logic ###
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status geth
;;
restart|reload|condrestart)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
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Here is another take for upstart script for Ubuntu 14.04 as a Ansible playbook template and non-root user:
description "geth 1.4.12"
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on shutdown
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
script
exec sudo -H -i -u {{ ansible_user }} -- bash -c '/usr/bin/geth {{geth_args}} 2>>/home/{{ansible_user}}/logs/geth.log'
end script
Installation - roles/geth/tasks/main.yml:
- name: Install dependencies
apt: name={{item}} update_cache=yes
with_items:
- software-properties-common
become: yes
- name: Install Ethereum repositories
apt_repository: repo='ppa:ethereum/ethereum'
become: yes
- name: Install geth
apt: name={{item}} update_cache=yes
with_items:
- ethereum
become: yes
notify:
- Restart geth
- name: Create logs folder
file:
path: "/home/{{ansible_user}}/logs"
state: directory
- name: Setup startup script
template:
src: geth.conf
dest: /etc/init/geth.conf
become: yes
notify:
- Restart geth
answered Sep 22 '16 at 23:15
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Running as systemd:
Create geth.service file (/etc/systemd/system/geth.service):
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/geth.service
Paste the below
[Unit]
Description=Geth
[Service]
Type=simple
User={$USER}
Restart=always
RestartSec=12
ExecStart=/bin/geth --syncmode "full" --rpc --rpcaddr "0.0.0.0"
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
Replace {$USER} with username above. Use useradd to create a newUser if required.
sudo useradd -d /home/newUser -m --uid 10000 newUser
Enable and start the service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable geth.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
service geth status
sudo service geth start
Check the status:
service geth status
Attaching to geth instance:
geth attach
Stop and disable the service:
sudo service geth stop
sudo systemctl disable geth.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
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OMG, I finally did it...so clean...
#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 35 90 12
# description: Geth Instance
#
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
start() {
PCOUNT=`pgrep -c geth`
if ((PCOUNT==1)); then
/usr/bin/geth --testnet --syncmode light --verbosity 0 &
fi
echo $"Geth Started"
}
stop() {
PCOUNT=`pgrep -c geth`
if ((PCOUNT>1)); then
/usr/bin/killall -9 geth &
fi
echo "Geth Stopped"
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status geth
;;
restart|reload|condrestart)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
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