The PowerConnect Cloud agent can be managed by Systemd.
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Create the powerconnect systemd service file:
sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/powerconnect.service
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Populate the contents as follows:
[Unit]
Description=PowerConnect Cloud agent
[Service]
Environment=POWERCONNECT_SECRET=<insert secret here>
# Environment=POWERCONNECT_MEMBERS=<insert members here>
SuccessExitStatus=143
User=powerconnect
Group=powerconnect
Type=forking
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
ExecStart=/bin/bash /opt/powerconnect/bin/powerconnect.sh start
ExecStop=/bin/bash /opt/powerconnect/bin/powerconnect.sh stop
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Set the POWERCONNECT_SECRET variable placeholder with a value as shown above
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Alternatively to avoid including the POWERCONNECT_SECRET directly in the systemd service file you can create an environment file containing the secret which is only readable by the powerconnect user
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touch /home/powerconnect/pcenv -
Populate the environment file with the secret
POWERCONNECT_SECRET=<insert secret> -
Refer to the environment file in the systemd config
[Unit] Description=PowerConnect Cloud agent [Service] EnvironmentFile=<insert env file location here> e.g. /home/powerconnect/pcenv # Environment=POWERCONNECT_MEMBERS=<insert members here> SuccessExitStatus=143 User=powerconnect Group=powerconnect Type=forking Restart=on-failure RestartSec=30 ExecStart=/bin/bash /opt/powerconnect/bin/powerconnect.sh start ExecStop=/bin/bash /opt/powerconnect/bin/powerconnect.sh stop [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Uncomment and set the POWERCONNECT_MEMBERS variable if running a cluster
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Reload the Systemd service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
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Start the PowerConnect Cloud agent using Systemd:
sudo systemctl start powerconnect.service
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Check the status:
systemctl status powerconnect
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To have Systemd start the PowerConnect Cloud agent when the host starts up:
sudo systemctl enable powerconnect