Anyone using runit?

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Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:19 pm

I want to give runit a try in Debian replacing sysvinit. I've recently checked it in Void Linux and the experience is very good, but all the Debian related documentation I've found is pretty outdated.

Any (somewhat recent) documentation you know about? Or someone having some experience with it willing to share some insights?

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by wuxmedia » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:23 pm

not me chief, spin up a test install and run that shit !
Pidsley's probably runit.. :)
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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by dkeg » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:34 pm

There's an init experiment thread around. Don't remember specifically if runit is in there. I've tested minit, and running openrc currently.

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by machinebacon » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:48 pm

http://www.linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.p ... 87&p=33921

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:39 pm

dkeg wrote:running openrc currently.
If I'm not wrong, Doesn't it run on top of sysvinit or systemd instead of fully replacing them?

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:40 pm

machinebacon wrote:http://www.linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.p ... 87&p=33921

Thanks to Stark who put them all in a link.
Bookmarked!

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by dkeg » Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:55 pm

Snap wrote:
dkeg wrote:running openrc currently.
If I'm not wrong, Doesn't it run on top of sysvinit or systemd instead of fully replacing them?
Correct. But it's there!

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:02 am

Thanks, dkeg. This is why at first instance I'm leaning more towards runit. I guess I need to do some homework and see what are the pros and cons (or the point) of using openrc along with other init system.

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by dkeg » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:59 am

openrc is easy to install (in the repo's). Takes 2 minutes. Give it a test!

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:43 am

Will do. I'm setting up an init test machine based on smoothie. Will have (at least) sysvinit, busybox, openrc and runit onboard to test and compare.

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by pidsley » Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:00 am

I followed the directions here: http://smarden.org/runit/

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I did not migrate any services (because I do not plan to use this full-time) -- I just went as far as booting it to test. If I was going to take this any further, I'd probably look at how the services are implemented in Void.

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:09 am

Thanks, pidsley. That's exactly what I'm doing now. Re-studying void's services,

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by franksinistra » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:41 am

^ service management framework for using daemontools, runit, or its derivative here. A good place to steal runit scripts.
I ran s6-init on my crux install here are the files in case you're curious, since all daemontools derivative are similar in nature.
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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:26 am

Thanks a lot. That's really helpful.

BTW, The second link doesn't work here.

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by simgin » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:57 am

^ Odd, both links work here.
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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:29 am

Yup. It works now.

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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by simgin » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:31 pm

^ Btw Snap, try Alpine Linux ;)
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Re: Anyone using runit?

Unread post by Snap » Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:10 am

musl and busybox, eh? Sounds interesting.

BTW, There are currently Void isos with musl too.

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