Hi all, In presenting Daemontools as an alternative to a huge chunk of systemd, I politicized Daemontools. So let me say this...
Regardless of *which* init system you use, many daemons are easy and logical to daemonize and control using Daemontools. The shellscripts you write to run Daemontools managed daemons are usually less than 10 lines of very simple commands. Daemontools "just works". Other daemon management systems (and inits) might be easier if you accept what your distro gives you, but Daemontools gives you complete and absolute control of every facet. It's trivial. I liken Daemontools to my first car, a 1959 Plymouth with a flathead 6 engine, in an engine compartment so small you could climb in it with the engine. A tuneup was a 20 minute affair using an adjustable wrench, a pliers, and a gapping tool. If your manual transmission got stuck, you reached down into the linkage and pulled it out of lockup. Replacing the gas tank was a trip to the junkyard, crawling under your car, and loosening a few bolts. I see modern init systems as more like modern cars. The dashboard lights up if the tires are low. There are places to insert oil and other fluids. You don't have to change your coolant for 100K miles (supposedly), and you seldom need tuneups. But if work needs to be done that doesn't involve interfaces brought out to the driver, the driver will need to acquire extensive tools and knowledge to deal with it. Daemontools is also very easy to install without a package manager, and it depends on very little. This means that as you transition from init to upstart to systemd to the next great thing, you can keep your Daemontools stuff exactly as you have for years. I just finished my littcrond cron substitute. It's 300 lines of Python launched and managed by Daemontools. Is it as good, secure, or full-featured as the other cron programs? Heck no. But when it surprises, as cron programs often do, it's pretty easy to troubleshoot 300 lines of Python and a Daemontools service. And if I want a new or changed feature, I just put it in. If you haven't checked out Daemontools, look into it. You just might like it. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140917194405.59aae...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
