[SOLVED] run rc.nginx from rc.local

justwantin · 08-24-2020, 07:47 PM

@Exaga
I figured I'd find you here .... I note your slackdoc nginx on Slackware ARM. I have been using nginx as the server on our lan for at least 5 years if not longer and I have never figured out why I have to start nginx from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Is there a reason for this? I'ts been a while but it seems to me that I didn't have to run /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd from rc.local.

bathory · 08-25-2020, 02:34 AM

Quote:

I have been using nginx as the server on our lan for at least 5 years if not longer and I have never figured out why I have to start nginx from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Is there a reason for this? I'ts been a while but it seems to me that I didn't have to run /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd from rc.local.

FYI starting httpd is done automatically if /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd exists (and it's executable), because it's called from inside /etc/rc.d/rc.M:

Code:

# Start Apache web server:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start
fi

You can add a similar if statement in /etc/rc.d/rc.M for nginx, so it'll start automatically if /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx exists and it's executable

Regards

justwantin · 08-25-2020, 05:22 AM

Code:

# Start nginx web server
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx ] then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx start
fi

Perhaps I'm missing something here, The above statement in /etc/rc.d/rc.M will not start the nginx server, however, the following line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local will

Code:

# Start the nginx server
/etc/rc.d/rc.nginx start

I'll leave it at that. I've been fiddling around with trying to get something else to run at boot with either its command in rc.local or an rc script for a couple of hours with no joy yet ... nginx from rc.local is good ....

bathory · 08-25-2020, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justwantin

Code:

# Start nginx web server
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx ] then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx start
fi

Perhaps I'm missing something here, The above statement in /etc/rc.d/rc.M will not start the nginx server, however, the following line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local will

Code:

# Start the nginx server
/etc/rc.d/rc.nginx start

I'll leave it at that. I've been fiddling around with trying to get something else to run at boot with either its command in rc.local or an rc script for a couple of hours with no joy yet ... nginx from rc.local is good ....

You miss the semicolon after the closing square bracket, so I guess that's why it's not starting on boot from rc.M

Code:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx ]; then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.nginx start
fi

justwantin · 08-25-2020, 07:07 AM

Yes ... that'll do it ... thank you I've been sitting here for too long.

Code:

rick@bpro10:~$ ps -A | grep nginx
  893 ?        00:00:00 nginx
  895 ?        00:00:00 nginx

Cheers

Exaga · 08-25-2020, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justwantin

@Exaga
I figured I'd find you here .... I note your slackdoc nginx on Slackware ARM. I have been using nginx as the server on our lan for at least 5 years if not longer and I have never figured out why I have to start nginx from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

Is there a reason for this? I'ts been a while but it seems to me that I didn't have to run /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd from rc.local.

Hi justwantin,

For bona fide Slackware rc.scripts just making them executable will ensure they run automatically at boot time. Although this is not the same for nginx and other 'non-Slackware' scripts. They need starting appropriately. Adding a line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local is the easiest thing to do in this instance. For times when it is better to have the script(s) started at an earlier point in the boot process you could modify one of the main [rc.M, rc.S, etc.] init scripts. A line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local for such scripts is easier to manage for me.

IIRC I also needed FastCGI to start before nginx. So that's why I put it in that specific order in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.

Pint · 01-11-2025, 06:35 PM

I'm new to Slackware. After >20years I decided to quit debian... Just want to contribute.

I decided to resurrect this thread because I find the easiest way for me to start the minidlna server automatically after boot is by incluiding it into

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

Adding the last line.
# Start minidlna
/etc/rc.d/rc.minidlna start

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local:  Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local startup commands in here.  Also, if you have
# anything that needs to be run at shutdown time you can
# make an /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown script and put those
# commands in there.
# Start minidlna
/etc/rc.d/rc.minidlna start

justwantin · 01-11-2025, 10:53 PM

Always warms my heart to see to see a new Slacker emerge from the shadows ... Welcome!! ... rc.local is a handy place indeed ... Patrick probably invented it but was too modest to admit it ;<)

henca · 01-12-2025, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by justwantin

rc.local is a handy place indeed ... Patrick probably invented it but was too modest to admit it ;<)

It is very nice that Patrick has decided to keep the good old rc.local, but he can probably not claim to have invented it. The BSD startup scripts of old SunOS 4.1 (which predates Sun Solaris with SystemV startup scripts) and also predates Slackware also had an rc.local for custom stuff. Back then in SunOS, that file lived as /etc/rc.local, if I remember right there was no rc.d directory on SunOS.

There is a manual from 1990 describing SunOS 4.1 at http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sun/sun...ual_199003.pdf and that manual mentions /etc/rc.local.

regards Henrik

justwantin · 01-12-2025, 03:08 AM

@ henka .... you take all the fun out of humor

Pint · 01-12-2025, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justwantin

Always warms my heart to see to see a new Slacker emerge from the shadows ... Welcome!! ... rc.local is a handy place indeed ... Patrick probably invented it but was too modest to admit it ;<)

I posted that here by mistake.
But I'm glad I did and meeting nice people like you.
Thanks man!