s6-ports

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Implementation of S6 init in Venom Linux

It is recommended to make the change of init from a chroot. A Venom Linux ISO Live can be used to perform the chroot cage and from there, follow the following instructions:

Add s6 repo in '/etc/scratchpkg.repo' before main

/usr/ports/s6 https://codeberg.org/venomlinux/s6
/usr/ports/main https://codeberg.org/venomlinux/main

Sync repos

# portsync -r

Install s6 base

# scratch install base-s6

Check pkgs to install

1. skalibs
2. execline
3. s6
4. s6-rc
5. s6-base
6. s6-scripts
7. s6-linux-init
8. syslogd-s6
9. base-s6

Check that s6log user has been created

# grep s6log /etc/passwd

Install needed services

# scratch install seatd-s6 dhcpcd-s6 wpa_supplicant-s6 ...

Add needed services to default to run at boot

# s6-service add default foo1 foo2 foo3...

Configure wpa_supplicant service or any other in '/etc/s6/config/foo'

# vim /etc/s6/config/wpa_supplicant.conf

Compile s6 db services

# s6-db-reload -r

Exit chroot

# exit

Reboot system

# reboot

In s6-system up, check enabled services

# s6-rc-db atomics default

Basic usage

• Stop a service/bundle

  • # s6-rc -d change service_name
  • # s6-rc stop service_name

• Start a service/bundle

  • # s6-rc -u change service_name
  • # s6-rc start service_name

• Restart a service (only works with s6-rc longruns)

  • # s6-svc -r /run/service/service_name

• List all active services

  • # s6-rc -a list

• List all services/bundles in the database

  • # s6-rc-db list all

• Check the status of an s6-rc longrun

  • # s6-svstat /run/service/service_name

• Manage bundles contents with s6-service script:

  • Add: s6-service add bundlename contents
    • # s6-service add default dhcpcd
  • Delete: s6-service delete bundlename contents
    • # s6-service delete default dhcpcd

Use rc-local service to set static network config or to run anything at boot

• Add your device and ip settings in /etc/s6/rc.local

  # Example static ip configuration:
  ip link set enp3s0 up
  ip a add 192.168.1.2/24 dev enp3s0
  iproute add default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp3s0
  

• Recompile db
  • s6-db-reload -r

Clean unwanted services, we use ttys as example

S6 have tty{1,6} enabled by default plus one in reserve ttyS. We're gonna delete tty{3,6}

• Remove the services

  • # rm -r /etc/s6/sv/ttyX

• Remove getty dependencies

  • # rm /etc/s6/sv/getty/contents.d/ttyX

• Recompile ddbb

  • s6-db-reload -r

More info:

• https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc
• https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/faq.html
• https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/S6