LDM RHEL Binary RPM, spec & ldmd init script

[Eizi TOYODA]

Hello,

I wrote an RPM for RHEL4. The init script of the package does
chkconfig, services, and addgroup/adduser if necessary.

http://robin.ersc.wisc.edu/devel/srwiki/packagingGIS/ldm.html

Regards,
Eizi TOYODA

On 6/1/07, Art Wildman <Art.Wildman at noaa.gov> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> 1. Looking for an LDM RHEL-4+ RPM binary or rpm.spec files? If not, I
> may be interested in building one for i386 (advice welcome).
> 2. Does anyone have a ldmd init script for RHEL that can support some of
> the advanced RH Linux features listed below (chkconfig, service, PID
> files & locks).
> 3. Are there any other gotchas (like syslog) running LDM at Boot as a
> service?
>
> I was following the linux-HA Cluster thread & noticed there are some LDM
> Docs referencing clusters, but most are geared toward Hi-Performance
> Clusters, not Hi-Availability (HA) Clusters. Some configs & principles
> (IP Virtual Server) may translate though. For HA clusters, LDM can be
> started & stopped via init-scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d or
> /etc/ha.d/haresources as Richard noted.
>
> ConfiguringHeartbeat - Linux HA
> http://www.linux-ha.org/ConfiguringHeartbeat
>
> LDM Clusters
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.6.4/basics/cluster.html
>
> LDM at Boot - Init Scripts (this should be included in the
> ldm-binary.rpm specific to RHELvX)
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.6.4/basics/configuring.html#boot
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.6.4/ldmConfigInstallList.html
> ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/ldm/scripts/linux/ldmd
>
> Comparing it to a simple init script like /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd & we may
> be able to improve it some & use RHEL service commands, locks & pstools
> (pgrep, pkill...) to manage the service like:
> # chkconfig --level 345 ldmd on
> # service ldmd restart
> # service ldmd status
>
> # head /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd | grep chkconfig
> # chkconfig: 345 95 5
> Note: the chkconfig: line determines runlevels & the priority of kill
> and start scripts (man chkconfig)
>
> # service crond status
> crond (pid 1117) is running...
> # cat /var/run/crond.pid
> 1117
> # ls -l /var/lock/subsys/crond
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Jan  5 17:26
> /var/lock/subsys/crond
>
> This may help shutdown & restart the ldmd safely during failover in an
> HA cluster.
>
> -Art at JAX
>
>
>


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TOYODA Eizi (aka Eiji): toyoda at gfd-dennou.org