Could you use systemd-tmpfiles to set up the symlinks? I know OSTree-based distros often use it to initialize symlinks on the rootfs.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 12:05 PM Quinn Mikelson <[email protected]> wrote: > I work at a company who develops a number of semi-stateless systems. My > current challenge is integrating out growing number of vendor-specific > applications and services into a system with persistent /etc and /usr > directories. > > These images are generated using Buildroot with initramfs filesystems; I'm > using the term semi-stateless, because their /etc and /usr directories can > be "patched" during runtime, but are otherwise refreshed upon each reboot. > > The specific services that get enabled on boot change from image to image, > so I'd ideally like a single file to describe each image for ease of > management. > > The system-preset mechanism seems like it was designed for this > application, unfortunately it seems geared toward volatile systems, and > only operates from within the running system after executing something like > systemctl preset-all. > > Is there an accepted method of maintaining and applying a preset service > during image packaging or upon system boot for stateless systems? My > current solution is manually parsing the preset files with a custom script > and creating or deleting symlinks accordingly. > > -Quinn > > > This e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the > specified addressee(s) and may be confidential, proprietary, privileged, > and/or U.S. export controlled. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, distribution, copying, or > storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. Please > immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message and > any attachments. > _______________________________________________ > systemd-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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