[arch-general] Leafnode and Systemd

[Dave Reisner]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:19:37PM +0100, Whiskers wrote:
> Thank you to all those who responded  :))
> 
> I now have Leafnode-2 up and running smoothly with systemd.
> 
> I have created these files:
> 
>   $ cat /etc/systemd/system/leafnode.socket
>   [Unit]
>   Description=Leafnode NNTP Socket
>   
>   [Socket]
>   ListenStream=119
>   Accept=yes
>   
>   [Install]
>   WantedBy=sockets.target
> 
> and
> 
>   $ cat /etc/systemd/system/leafnode at .service
>   [Unit]
>   Description=Leafnode NNTP service
>   After=syslog.target

This isn't needed. syslog is always available thanks to the journal
socket.

>   
>   [Service]
>   ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/leafnode

/usr/local?

>   StandardInput=socket
>   User=news
> 
> Access control depends entirely on ufw (iptables), rather than specifying
> a hostname or IPv6 or IPv4 number in leafnode.socket, although that would

Binding to a specifc IP is hardly what I'd call access control.

> probably work instead.  The ListenStream line could probably be omitted
> entirely, unless some port other than 119 is required.

Without the ListenStream declaration, systemd has no idea what port to
open the socket on. It's needed.

> 
> Run 
> 
>   # systemctl start leafnode.socket
> 
> and 
> 
>   # systemctl enable leafnode.socket
> 
> to start systemd listening for calls for Leafnode immediately and after
> the next system boot.
> 
> -- 
> -- ^^^^^^^^^^
> --  Whiskers 
> -- ~~~~~~~~~~