autostart in jail

[mrMuppet]

Hi,

i recently installed two new jails for me, but i didn't get it to run automatically.
The software in the 1st jail is startet via “node ccu.io-server.js start”.
The software in the 2nd jail is startet via “java -jar ccu-historian.jar”. In this case its very special because the Server is only running as long as i am connected with my putty.

Where do i have to place the autostart commands? How do i have to change it?

I hope you can help me to get both startet automatically!

Thanks alot!

 

[Whattteva]

Run it using an rc script.
More details here.

 

[mrMuppet]

wow. thats looks quite complicated... isn't there any easier way by using the init-script thing in the webIF?

 

[Whattteva]

If you don't mind running it manually, you can install tmux in your jail and run it with that. It'll stay running even if you disconnect from PuTTY.

Install: pkg install tmux (you may/may not have to do pkg update beforehand).
Run it: tmux
Run your java jar as normal.

That's it.

Few extra things you may want to know about tmux:

• To detach your tmux session: CTRL-B then d
• To reattach to a running tmux session: tmux att

Another way is (not quite sure how well this one will work), but you could probably try adding a script to your crontab.