[03:33] <wrouesnel> is there a way to "shim" or extend a particular upstart script? I'd like to have a script that runs after say, mountall has executed but before it emits any other events or actions
[08:20] <jamescarr> how can I stop an upstart job that claims it is running but the program has actually exited
[10:04] <Aric> I made a .conf file in /etc/init and did start job name, it said started but I don't see it running
[10:13] <jodh> Aric: can we see the job?
[10:14] <Aric> sure
[10:15] <Aric> http://pastie.org/private/jf5xpx4vaceaohig3bd3w
[10:16] <Aric> status gives > meteor-subh start/running
[10:16] <Aric> I made 7 of these very similar? like "meteor-ussunnah-www start/running, process 28231"
[10:18] <jodh> Aric: that "cd /var/www/subh/" won't work - the main stanza that calls meteor will run in '/'. The solution is to remove the pre-start and add 'chdir /var/www/subh/' to your job.
[10:18] <Aric> so do it in a script end script?
[10:18] <jodh> Aric: no, do what I've said above.
[10:19] <jodh> Aric: 'chdir' is an upstart stanza (keyword). so your job can essentially become:
[10:19] <jodh> chdir /var/www/subh
[10:19] <Aric> http://pastie.org/private/5q4tgxezkuuxwgffdo0wq
[10:19] <jodh> exec meteor --port 3400
[10:19] <Aric> like that? i haven't used oure bash much
[10:19] <Aric> pure*
[10:19] <jodh> Aric: yes
[10:19] <Aric> ty jodh i'll try that
[10:19] <jodh> Aric: the 'chdir' is not bash - it's upstart syntax.
[10:20] <Aric> ok
[10:29] <Aric> now i'm getting "start: Unknown job: meteor-subh"
[10:29] <jodh> Aric: run "init-checkconf /etc/init/your-job.conf"
[10:29] <Aric> ok
[10:30] <Aric> ERROR: cannot run as root
[10:30] <jodh> Aric: as it says, run it as a non-root user.
[10:30] <Aric> ok
[10:33] <Aric> created a user for it and now on start got:
[10:33] <Aric> start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.19" (uid=1000 pid=29067 comm="start meteor-subh ") interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init")
[10:34] <Aric> ERROR: cannot find dbus-launch
[10:36] <jodh> Aric: looks like you are logged into a server remotely? try running it locally on a system with dbus installe.d
[10:37] <Aric> i have to ssh to this server, it's my web server
[10:38] <jodh> Aric: somehow, your changes have invalidated that job. If you cannot run init-checkconf on a system with dbus (any ubuntu desktop say), can you paste the updated job again?
[10:38] <Aric> this is a server, no gui
[10:38] <Aric> ubuntu server
[10:38] <Aric> here is the job
[10:38] <Aric> http://pastie.org/private/5nu7mljokrgcuwc6688a
[10:43] <jodh> meteor-subh"
[10:43] <jodh> Aric: that job is valid. are you sure it's called /etc/init/meteor-subh.conf?
[10:44] <Aric> root@web:/etc/init# cat meteor-subh.conf 
[10:44] <Aric> was how i got it  for the pastie
[10:44] <Aric> when i run it as root i get no errors but it doesn't work because I'm root
[10:44] <Aric> root@web:/etc/init# start meteor-subh
[10:44] <Aric> meteor-subh start/running
[10:45] <Aric> then:
[10:45] <Aric> root@web:/etc/init# sudo -u upstart start meteor-subh
[10:45] <Aric> start: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.25" (uid=1000 pid=29471 comm="start meteor-subh ") interface="com.ubuntu.Upstart0_6.Job" member="Start" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="com.ubuntu.Upstart" (uid=0 pid=1 comm="/sbin/init")
[10:45] <jodh> Aric: only root can start system jobs, hence it won't work as user upstart.
[10:46] <Aric> root@web:/etc/init# init-checkconf /etc/init/meteor-subh.conf 
[10:46] <Aric> ERROR: cannot run as root
[10:46] <Aric> so if i can't start it as upstart or root than?
[10:46] <jodh> Aric: forget that tool for now - that's not trying to start the job.
[10:47] <jodh> Aric: your job is running - you've shown us above.
[10:49] <Aric> hmm but the meteor server never got started
[10:49] <Aric> if i go to the directory and type meteor --port 3400
[10:49] <Aric> it works fine
[10:49] <jodh> sudo cat /var/log/upstart/meteor-subh.log
[10:50] <Aric> /usr/local/bin/meteor: line 34: HOME: unbound variable
[10:50] <Aric> hmm
[10:50] <Aric> i'll check with the meteor guys
[10:50] <Aric> ty for your help
[10:50] <jodh> Aric: that topic is covered extensively in the cookbook. See: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#checking-how-a-service-might-react-when-run-as-a-job, http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#see-the-environment-a-job-runs-in, http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#determining-why-your-service-fails-to-start
[10:51] <Aric> ty jodh 
[10:51] <jodh> Aric: if it's just HOME, then add "env HOME=/home/..." to the job.
[10:51] <Aric> would home be my apps directory right?
[10:52] <jodh> Aric: if the job is not designed to run as root (and I'm guessing it isn't since it needs HOME), look at the 'setuid' and 'setgid' stanzas in the cookbook or "man 5 init".
[10:52] <jodh> Aric: I have no idea what meteor expects it to be set to.
[10:52] <Aric> ok
[15:40] <blake> my script just hangs on 'service [scriptname] start/stop'... even if the only line in it is 'exec cd .' (ubuntu 12.04 amd64 server)