{"id":602,"date":"2007-08-03T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/08\/03\/embracing-chkconfig-to-auto-start-services-like-mysql-on-rhelcentosfedoraetc"},"modified":"2007-08-03T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T07:02:04","slug":"embracing-chkconfig-to-auto-start-services-like-mysql-on-rhelcentosfedoraetc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/08\/03\/embracing-chkconfig-to-auto-start-services-like-mysql-on-rhelcentosfedoraetc","title":{"rendered":"Embracing chkconfig to auto-start services (like mysql) on RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora\/etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

I was at MODM<\/a>4 yesterday, and as always, great fun was had. One common recurring theme though, was getting MySQL to start automatically upon a Linux server’s restart, something which I would have thought just came pretty naturally to sys-admin types. Upon further probing, these systems were all generally CentOS or RHEL based, and it wasn’t just MySQL that gave them problems – it was anything they’d installed out of the stock packages (lighttpd<\/a> was a popular Apache replacement, that suffered from the same fate).<\/p>\n

While I didn’t recollect the exact part of the manual<\/a> it was stored in, I was informing everyone to make use of the chkconfig<\/tt> tool. Its really as simple as making sure there exists a \/etc\/init.d\/mysql<\/tt> (it must be executable – chmod +x), doing a chkconfig --add mysql<\/tt> and making sure that it starts up at the correct runlevels (typically 3, 4 and 5). A simple chkconfig --level 345 mysql on<\/tt> and you’re ready to rock. Repeat, rinse for lighttpd or anything else, that has a startup script, really.<\/p>\n

And read the manual – section 2.4.16.2.2. Starting and Stopping MySQL Automatically<\/a>. chkconfig<\/a>‘s manual page is a little sparse, so consider some of the Red Hat Knowledgebase entries: How do I use chkconfig to enable a script for a service that accepts start, stop, and status options?<\/a> and Why does an installed service, like ypbind, not show up in the chkconfig list, but I am able to start it manually?<\/a> Kudos to Red Hat’s open KB as well…<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: chkconfig<\/a>, rhel<\/a>, centos<\/a>, fedora<\/a>, mysql<\/a><\/p>\n

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