VServer and launchd

[Charles Yeomans]

On Nov 13, 2006, at 4:34 PM, Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:

> On 11/13/06 11:29 PM, "Charles Yeomans" <charles at declareSub.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I notice that VServer still ships with the startup script setup.  Is
>> there some reason why VServer plus a launchd script isn't the
>> standard install for Tiger?
>
> Time to learn and implement :-)
>
> I have read some pages about lanchd, look into system/library...
>
> Yes we need made this step


It is quite simple; I use launchd to manage some other server  
applications.  Essentially, you install VServer_Office as usual, and  
install a .plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons.  Here is the one I'm  
using for testing.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// 
www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
         <key>Label</key>
         <string>com.desuetude.vserver</string>
         <key>OnDemand</key>
         <false/>
         <key>ProgramArguments</key>
         <array>
                 <string>/Library/VServer_Office/VServer_Office.app/ 
Contents/MacOS/VServer_Office</string>
         </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Once installed, you use launchctl to administrate.  Much better than  
rebooting the machine to restart :)  I don't know how one sets up an  
installer, but someone has already done it.

Charles Yeomans