daemontools, system V init and mysql

This is how you setup a babysitter for a service started with system V init scripts using DJB's deamontools. We can't just put service $service start into a run file, because sys V init scripts start up background daemons. We have to use the daemon's PID file to watch what's going on.

First, I create mysql-babysit. I'm using mysql as an example. For other services, adjust $service and $pidfile.

# mkdir /var/daemontools/supervised/mysql-babysit
# cd /var/daemontools/supervised/mysql-babysit
# cat <<'SH' > mysql-babysit
#!/bin/bash

service=mysql

datadir=/var/lib/mysql
pidfile=$datadir/$(hostname).pid


##################
sleepPID=
function sig_finish () {
    echo $(date) $service "$1"
    service $service stop
    [[ $sleepPID ]] && kill $sleepPID
}
trap 'sig_finish TERM' TERM
trap 'sig_finish KILL' KILL


##################
echo $(date) $service start

service $service start

if [[ -f $pidfile ]] ; then
    pid=$(< $pidfile)
    if [[ $pid ]] ; then
        while grep -q $service /proc/$pid/cmdline 2>/dev/null ; do
            sleep 60 & sleepPID=$!
            wait $sleepPID
        done
        echo $(date) $service exited
        exit 0
    fi
fi
echo $(date) $service failed to start
sleep 5
exit 3
SH

Next we create and activate the run script

cd /var/daemontools/supervised/mysql-babysit
# cat <<'SH' >run
#!/bin/bash

exec /var/daemontools/supervised/mysql-babysit/mysql-babysit
SH
# chmod +x run
# chkconfig mysql off
# service mysql stop
# cd ../../service
# ln -s ../supervised/mysql-babysit

We can control mysql with

svc -d /var/daemontools/supervised/mysql-babysit # shutdown mysql
svc -u /var/daemontools/supervised/mysql-babysit # startup mysql
killall mysql # restart mysql