Systemd with multiple execStart
LinuxServiceServerSystemdLinux Problem Overview
Is it possible to create service with the same script started with different input parameters?
Example:
[Unit]
Description=script description
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/script.py parameters1
ExecStart=/script.py parameters2
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Is it possible?
Will it be launched in serial-mode? Or in two different process?
Linux Solutions
Solution 1 - Linux
if Type=simple in your unit file, you can only specify one ExecStart, but you can add as many ExecStartPre, ExecStartPost, but none of this is suited for long running commands, because they are executed serially and everything one start is killed before starting the next one.
If Type=oneshot you can specify multiple ExecStart, they run serially not in parallel.
If what you want is to run multiple units in parallel, there a few things you can do:
If they differ on 1 param
You can use template units, so you create a /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]. NOTE: (the @ is important).
[Unit]
Description=script description %I
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/script.py %i
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
And then you exec:
$ systemctl start foo@parameter1.service foo@parameter2.service
or...
Target dependencies
You can create multiple units that links to a single target:
#/etc/systemd/system/bar.target
[Unit]
Description=bar target
Requires=multi-user.target
After=multi-user.target
AllowIsolate=yes
And then you just modify you .service units to be WantedBy=bar.target like:
#/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
[Unit]
Description=script description %I
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/script.py %i
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=bar.target
Then you just enable the foo services you want in parallel, and start the bar target like this:
$ systemctl daemon-reload
$ systemctl enable foo@param1.service
$ systemctl enable foo@param2.service
$ systemctl start bar.target
NOTE: that this works with any type of units not only template units.
Solution 2 - Linux
You can use ExecStartPre or ExecStartPost for one of scripts
[Unit]
Description=script description
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStartPre=/script.py parameters1
ExecStart=/script.py parameters2
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target