Valentina Server Tip for Wiki

[Joseph Morgan]

Hello,

I am not familiar with LaunchD, can someone please explain what it  
does and why anyone would use it? It's going right over my head!


Joseph Morgan
joseph at checkos.com

On Feb 23, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Mr. Bart Pietercil wrote:

> Hi List, Ruslan
>
>
> Under OSX Valentina Server installer creates a startupitem. I would  
> recommend this being changed and to place VServer under control of  
> LaunchD, certainly when moving to a production environment.
> Ruslan has said he will have a look at it when he finds the time.
>
> This change by itself is not difficult (when doing it manually) at  
> all and is properly described and documented at Charles Yeomans site  
> (at least for OSX 10.4 and I am not sure if these same instructions  
> work under Leopard). (<http://www.declaresub.com/article/28/managing-valentina-server-with-launchd 
> >)
> As one can read this involves a bit off Terminal play and some  
> people may prefer a more graphical way.
>
> So did we (easier and faster (2 clicks) when running Apple Remote  
> Desktop) so we choose Lingon (http://lingon.sourceforge.net/)
>
> Lingon makes it VERY easy to create the necessary .plist file and  
> places it in the correct directory. (watch out to use the  
> appropriate version for Tiger or Leopard) and at the same time  
> provides a graphical interface to load, unload and reload LaunchD  
> processes. You can find Lingon here (<http://lingon.sourceforge.net/ 
> >). It is donation ware.
>
> We have been using VServer the last two weeks under heavy load, we  
> had some (not many, but some) crashes but the great thing was that  
> the Valentina service was back up within a second without needing  
> intervention as it was controlled by LaunchD.
>
> Hope this will help people out.
>
> Bart
> PS: Ruslan maybe this can be put on the WIKI on the VServer tips for  
> OSX ?
>
>
>
>
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