How do I start Jetbrains License Server automatically on my Ubuntu system?

Question

Assuming I have my license server installed here: /opt/jetbrains-license-server, how do I configure it to start automatically?

Answer 1

The anwer of @chris-betti is correct. However for DEBIAN based systems I have three additions:

1. ensure that runlevel 2 the license-server is also started
2. ensure that there is a jetbrains user
3. ensure that the PID file is in the correct location (/opt//logs/license-server.pid)

ad 1: see the script file below. You need to change the line # Default Start to read:

# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 

ad 2: Ensure that you have a 'jetbrains' system user that can start the service (and has permission to write in the directory where you installed the licenseserver

# as root adduser --system --no-create-home jetbrains chown jetbrains:nogroup -R /opt/jetbrains-license-server 

ad 3: Regarding the PID file, you need to change the line with # pidfile: to:

# pidfile: /opt/jetbrains-license-server/logs/license-server.pid 

Install the daemon:

There is one more addition to install the service into the various runlevels for debian based systems (Debian, Ubuntu). This will ensure that the service starts at boot and halts on halt.

# as root update-rc.d jetbrains-license-server defaults update-rc.d jetbrains-license-server enable 

The script with all the changes

Here is the script with all the changes incorporated.

# # chkconfig: 345 86 14 # description: Jetbrains License Server # processname: license-server.sh # pidfile: /opt/jetbrains-license-server/logs/license-server.pid ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: jetbrains-license-server # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog $network # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start Jetbrains License Server # Description: Manages the Jetbrains License Server Service ### END INIT INFO APP=jetbrains-license-server USER=jetbrains BASE=/opt/jetbrains-license-server case "$1" in # Start command start) echo "Starting $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh start &> /dev/null" ;; # Stop command stop) echo "Stopping $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh stop &> /dev/null" echo "$APP stopped successfully" ;; # Restart command restart) echo "Restarting $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh restart" ;; # Status command status) echo "$APP Status" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh status" ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$APP {start|restart|stop}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 

Answer 2

jochem's answer is more thorough and correct, please reference it.

First, create a jetbrains user on your server.

Second, assuming you choose to use init.d (System V), do the following:

$ touch /etc/init.d/jetbrains-license-server $ chmod +x /etc/init.d/jetbrains-license-server 

Now place the following contents in this file:

#!/bin/bash # Startup script for Jetbrains License Server # # chkconfig: 345 86 14 # description: Jetbrains License Server # processname: license-server.sh # pidfile: /opt/jetbrains-license-server/server.pid ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: jetbrains-license-server # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog $network # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start Jetbrains License Server # Description: Manages the Jetbrains License Server Service ### END INIT INFO APP=jetbrains-license-server USER=jetbrains BASE=/opt/jetbrains-license-server case "$1" in # Start command start) echo "Starting $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh start &> /dev/null" ;; # Stop command stop) echo "Stopping $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh stop &> /dev/null" echo "$APP stopped successfully" ;; # Restart command restart) echo "Restarting $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh restart" ;; # Status command status) echo "$APP Status" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh status" ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$APP {start|restart|stop}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 

Answer 3

Both answers are correct though they fail in one respect,

If you are using the script for an Infrastructure as Code framework (e.g. Ansible/Puppet) which uses the status return code to determine what action to take, the script as provided, which always returns 0, will not successfully start up the application automatically when the app is stopped.

My addition to the script is to capture the return code for each of the delegated calls and use this as the exit code and the bottom:

# # chkconfig: 345 86 14 # description: Jetbrains License Server # processname: license-server.sh # pidfile: /opt/jetbrains-license-server/logs/license-server.pid ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: jetbrains-license-server # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog $network # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start Jetbrains License Server # Description: Manages the Jetbrains License Server Service ### END INIT INFO APP=jetbrains-license-server USER=jetbrains BASE=/opt/jetbrains-license-server RETCODE=0 case "$1" in # Start command start) echo "Starting $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh start &> /dev/null" RETCODE=$? ;; # Stop command stop) echo "Stopping $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh stop &> /dev/null" RETCODE=$? ;; # Restart command restart) echo "Restarting $APP" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh restart" RETCODE=$? ;; # Status command status) echo "$APP Status" /bin/su -m $USER -c "cd $BASE && $BASE/bin/license-server.sh status" RETCODE=$? ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$APP {start|restart|stop}" exit 1 ;; esac exit $RETCODE 

You could expand this to provide useful messages to the user based on the return code but I have not bothered to go that far.