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viraptor
Asked: 2012-04-13 06:45:41 +0800 CST

Upstart and pre/post scripts

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I run into an issue with upstart where I want to update an init config, but just restarting the job doesn't apply the changes.

For example:

  • I've got job xyz running
  • I modify the /etc/init/xyz.conf to do something in pre-stop.
  • The job gets restarted with restart xyz
  • pre-stop part is not executed

I tried reloading the config with initctl reload-configuration, but it didn't have any effect. If I manually stop and start the job in two separate steps, things work as expected.

linux init upstart

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    According to the documentation, the pre-stop stanza is only executed before a stop command, not during a (warm) restart.

    Description: Command executed when a job in running state gets stopped (initctl stop or stop on event).

    Depending on what you are trying to do you may not be able to avoid this behavior.

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