starting with upstart

[Evan Huus]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joshi dhaval <d_joshi84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to upstart and have some question to implement it on RHEL 6 ...
> when we install upstart, do we have to convert services manually to upstart ? for example we have services under init.d like nfs, nis, kerberos., automount .. do i have to convert them all to manage by upstart ?
> or are they available somewhere , already tested ?
>
> Regards,
> Dhaval

Hi Dhaval,

"Pure" upstart does not support init.d services, however upstart comes
with a compatibility service /etc/init/rc.conf which does. I think you
ought to be able to install it and just let the compat layer do its
thing.

Upstart doesn't really provide any benefit over classic services
unless you convert most of your jobs to native upstart though.
Fortunately, most services have upstart jobs already created for them
by Ubuntu, Debian, or the appropriate upstream. I would check the
appropriate package in Ubuntu/Debian for a *.conf file in /etc/init/
before you bother writing your own.

If you have any other questions, check out the cookbook:
http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/
If you can't find the answer there, please don't hesitate to ask.

Cheers,
Evan