Start Seafile at System Bootup

For Ubuntu

On Ubuntu, we make use of the /etc/init.d/ scripts to start seafile/seahub at system boot.

Create a script /etc/init.d/seafile-server

sudo vim /etc/init.d/seafile-server

The content of this script is: (You need to modify the value of user and seafile_dir accordingly)

#!/bin/bash

# Change the value of "user" to your linux user name
user=haiwen

# Change the value of "seafile_dir" to your path of seafile installation
seafile_dir=/data/haiwen
script_path=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest
seafile_init_log=${seafile_dir}/logs/seafile.init.log
seahub_init_log=${seafile_dir}/logs/seahub.init.log

# Change the value of fastcgi to true if fastcgi is to be used
fastcgi=false
# Set the port of fastcgi, default is 8000. Change it if you need different.
fastcgi_port=8000

case "$1" in
        start)
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh start >> ${seafile_init_log}
                if [  $fastcgi = true ];
                then
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh start-fastcgi ${fastcgi_port} >> ${seahub_init_log}
                else
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh start >> ${seahub_init_log}
                fi
        ;;
        restart)
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh restart >> ${seafile_init_log}
                if [  $fastcgi = true ];
                then
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh restart-fastcgi ${fastcgi_port} >> ${seahub_init_log}
                else
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh restart >> ${seahub_init_log}
                fi
        ;;
        stop)
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh $1 >> ${seafile_init_log}
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh $1 >> ${seahub_init_log}
        ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/seafile {start|stop|restart}"
                exit 1
        ;;
esac

Note: If you want to start seahub in fastcgi, just change the fastcgi variable to true

Add Directory for Logfiles

 mkdir /path/to/seafile/dir/logs

Create a file /etc/init/seafile-server.conf

If you're not using MySQL

start on (runlevel [2345])
stop on (runlevel [016])

pre-start script
/etc/init.d/seafile-server start
end script

post-stop script
/etc/init.d/seafile-server stop
end script

If you're using MySQL

start on (started mysql
and runlevel [2345])
stop on (runlevel [016])

pre-start script
/etc/init.d/seafile-server start
end script

post-stop script
/etc/init.d/seafile-server stop
end script

Make the seafile-sever script executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/seafile-server

Done

Don't forget to update the value of script_path later if you update your seafile server.

For other Debian based Linux

Create a script /etc/init.d/seafile-server

sudo vim /etc/init.d/seafile-server

The content of this script is: (You need to modify the value of user and script_path accordingly)

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          seafile-server
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts Seafile Server
# Description:       starts Seafile Server
### END INIT INFO

# Change the value of "user" to your linux user name
user=haiwen

# Change the value of "script_path" to your path of seafile installation
seafile_dir=/data/haiwen
script_path=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest
seafile_init_log=${seafile_dir}/logs/seafile.init.log
seahub_init_log=${seafile_dir}/logs/seahub.init.log

# Change the value of fastcgi to true if fastcgi is to be used
fastcgi=false
# Set the port of fastcgi, default is 8000. Change it if you need different.
fastcgi_port=8000

case "$1" in
        start)
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh start >> ${seafile_init_log}
                if [  $fastcgi = true ];
                then
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh start-fastcgi ${fastcgi_port} >> ${seahub_init_log}
                else
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh start >> ${seahub_init_log}
                fi
        ;;
        restart)
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh restart >> ${seafile_init_log}
                if [  $fastcgi = true ];
                then
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh restart-fastcgi ${fastcgi_port} >> ${seahub_init_log}
                else
                        sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh restart >> ${seahub_init_log}
                fi
        ;;
        stop)
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh $1 >> ${seafile_init_log}
                sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh $1 >> ${seahub_init_log}
        ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/seafile {start|stop|restart}"
                exit 1
        ;;
esac

Note:

1. If you want to start seahub in fastcgi, just change the fastcgi variable to true
2. If you deployed Seafile with MySQL, append "mysql" to the Required-Start line:

# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network mysql

Add Directory for Logfiles

 mkdir /path/to/seafile/dir/logs

Make the seafile-sever script executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/seafile-server

Add seafile-server to rc.d

sudo update-rc.d seafile-server defaults

Done

Don't forget to update the value of script_path later if you update your seafile server.

For RHEL/CentOS

On RHEL/CentOS, the script /etc/rc.local is executed by the system at bootup, so we start seafile/seahub there.

• Locate your python executable (python 2.6 or 2.7)

which python2.6 # or "which python2.7"

• In /etc/rc.local, add the directory of python2.6(2.7) to PATH, and add the seafile/seahub start command

`
# Assume the python 2.6(2.7) executable is in "/usr/local/bin"
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/

# Change the value of "user" to your linux user name
user=haiwen

# Change the value of "script_path" to your path of seafile installation
seafile_dir=/data/haiwen
script_path=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest

sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seafile.sh start > /tmp/seafile.init.log 2>&1
sudo -u ${user} ${script_path}/seahub.sh start > /tmp/seahub.init.log 2>&1

Note: If you want to start seahub in fastcgi, just change the "seahub.sh start" in the last line above to "seahub.sh start-fastcgi"

• Done. Don't forget to update the value of script_path later if you update your seafile server.

For RHEL/CentOS run as service

On RHEL/CentOS , we make use of the /etc/init.d/ scripts to start seafile/seahub at system boot as service.

Create a file /etc/sysconfig/seafile

# Change the value of "user" to your linux user name
user=haiwen

# Change the value of "script_path" to your path of seafile installation
seafile_dir=/home/haiwen
script_path=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest
seafile_init_log=${seafile_dir}/logs/seafile.init.log
seahub_init_log=${seafile_dir}/logs/seahub.init.log

# Change the value of fastcgi to true if fastcgi is to be used
fastcgi=false

# Set the port of fastcgi, default is 8000. Change it if you need different.
fastcgi_port=8000

Create a script /etc/init.d/seafile

#!/bin/bash
#
# seafile

#
# chkconfig: - 68 32
# description: seafile

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/seafile ];then
        . /etc/sysconfig/seafile
        else
            echo "Config file /etc/sysconfig/seafile not found! Bye."
            exit 200
        fi

RETVAL=0

start() {
        # Start daemons.
        echo -n $"Starting seafile: "
        ulimit -n 30000
        su - ${user} -c"${script_path}/seafile.sh start >> ${seafile_init_log} 2>&1"
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/seafile
        return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
        echo -n $"Shutting down seafile: "
        su - ${user} -c"${script_path}/seafile.sh stop >> ${seafile_init_log} 2>&1"
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/seafile
        return $RETVAL
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  restart|reload)
        stop
        start
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        RETVAL=3
esac

exit $RETVAL

Create a script /etc/init.d/seahub

#!/bin/bash
#
# seahub

#
# chkconfig: - 69 31
# description: seahub

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/seafile ];then
        . /etc/sysconfig/seafile
        else
            echo "Config file /etc/sysconfig/seafile not found! Bye."
            exit 200
        fi

RETVAL=0

start() {
        # Start daemons.
        echo -n $"Starting seahub: "
        ulimit -n 30000
        if [  $fastcgi = true ];
                then
                su - ${user} -c"${script_path}/seahub.sh start-fastcgi ${fastcgi_port} >> ${seahub_init_log} 2>&1"
                else
                su - ${user} -c"${script_path}/seahub.sh start >> ${seahub_init_log} 2>&1"
                fi
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/seahub
        return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
        echo -n $"Shutting down seafile: "
        su - ${user} -c"${script_path}/seahub.sh stop >> ${seahub_init_log} 2>&1"
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/seahub
        return $RETVAL
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  restart|reload)
        stop
        start
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        RETVAL=3
esac

exit $RETVAL

Next, enable services:

chmod 550 /etc/init.d/seafile
chmod 550 /etc/init.d/seahub
chkconfig --add seafile
chkconfig --add seahub
chkconfig seahub on
chkconfig seafile on

and run:

service seafile start
service seahub start

For systems running systemd

Create systemd service files, change ${seafile_dir} to your seafile installation location and seafile to user, who runs seafile (if appropriate). Then you need to reload systemd's daemons: systemctl daemon-reload.

Create systemd service file /etc/systemd/system/seafile.service

[Unit]
Description=Seafile
# add mysql.service or postgresql.service depending on your database to the line below
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh start
ExecStop=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest/seafile.sh stop
RemainAfterExit=yes
User=seafile
Group=seafile

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Create systemd service file /etc/systemd/system/seahub.service

[Unit]
Description=Seafile hub
After=network.target seafile.service

[Service]
# change start to start-fastcgi if you want to run fastcgi
ExecStart=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh start
ExecStop=${seafile_dir}/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh stop
User=seafile
Group=seafile
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Create systemd service file /etc/systemd/system/seafile-client.service (optional)

You need to create this service file only if you have seafile console client and you want to run it on system boot.

[Unit]
Description=Seafile client
# Uncomment the next line you are running seafile client on the same computer as server
# After=seafile.service
# Or the next one in other case
# After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/seaf-cli start
ExecStop=/usr/bin/seaf-cli stop
RemainAfterExit=yes
User=seafile
Group=seafile

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Done