Start TDPS as Service under Linux

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Start TDPS as Service under Linux

Postby SFu » 16 Feb 2011, 16:03

Hello,

Today I had to upgrade my environment and install a dedicated TeamDrive Server machine without a screen, only text mode operation.
While setting this env up, I imagined that multiple TDPS Users want to do the same, let the TDPS server running on a “little machine with just a huge amount of disk storage” behind.
This was the reason to create the following how-to.

So, let us start to setup our TeamDrive Personal Server as a Service:

Part 1: Download and Installation
First of all, logon to your server and - if not already done - open a command box (bash).
Time by time you can download a new version of TDPS from http://www.teamdrive.com/de/download_server.html so please take a look an update the following command:
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wget http://s3download.teamdrive.net/TeamDrivePersonalServerLinux_10044.tar.gz


next we'll extract the file
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tar xzf TeamDrivePersonalServerLinux_10044.tar.gz


after that, we will move the new directory tdpsd into /opt, you can also choose /var or /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin or ...
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mv tdpsd /opt/tdpsd


Now, take a moment, create your MD5 Password Hash and configure the tdps.config, to finish the installation :-)


Part 2: User and startscript
Next we will need a deamon user, "tdpsd", without a homedrive and without a shell. If you need to have a special UID add -u xyz to the command
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sudo useradd -s /bin/false -d /bin/null tdpsd


now set a password
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sudo passwd tdpsd


as we will start TDPS with that user account we should make it the owner of the directory and files
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sudo chown -R tdpsd:tdpsd /opt/tdpsd/


next we will need the startup script, you can download it here: http://www.cuivienen.name/downloads/tdpsd or directly on your server
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sudo wget http://www.cuivienen.name/downloads/tdpsd


The script should run out-of-the-box, the only parts you may need to edit are the User and/or the path of tdpsd.
DESC="TeamDrive 1.0.44 Server Linux"
NAME=tdpsd
USER=tdpsd
DIR=/opt/tdpsd
DAEMON=$DIR/tdpsd
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME


now, let us move the script to /etc/init.d
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sudo mv tdpsd /etc/init.d


...and set the required rights
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sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tdpsd



Part 3: start/stop and autostart
Now we are in the final phase :-)
To start TDPSD we just need to run
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sudo service tdpsd start


To stop it's just
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sudo service tdpsd stop


So, let us set the last bit - autostart
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sudo update-rc.d -f tdpsd defaults


FINISHED :D

Greeting

SFu
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby Detlef Schmuck » 25 Feb 2011, 17:22

@SFu Thanks a lot for your great description !

-Detlef
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby tmassey » 14 Jun 2012, 05:24

Here are a few changes for Red Hat systems:

1) A password for the user account is not required. Skip it.

2) You need a Red Hat based init script. So do I: this one works, but could be better. I'm forced to use "exec" instead of "daemon" because, unlike Debian, you can't chdir. This is annoying, but not a deal-killer. But if you know of a better way to do this, please let us know.

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#!/bin/sh
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
#   Startup init script for TeamDrive Personal Server on Redhat linux.
#
# Created for TeamDrive Personal Server version 1.0.44.
#
# chkconfig: - 92 34
# description: Starts and stops the TeamDrive server

# Source function library.
if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then
  . /etc/init.d/functions
elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then
  . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
else
  exit 0
fi

RETVAL=0

DESC="TeamDrive 1.0.44 Server Linux"
NAME=tdpsd
USER=tdpsd
DIR=/opt/tdpsd
DAEMON=$DIR/tdpsd
LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/$NAME

start() {
    echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
    cd $DIR
$DIR/tdps.config --log-file=$DIR/tdpsd.log
    cd $DIR
    exec $DAEMON --user=$USER --pid-file=$DIR/$NAME.pid --config-file=$DIR/tdps.config --log-file=$DIR/tdpsd.log
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE || \
       RETVAL=1
    return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
    echo -n "Shutting down $DESC: "
    killproc $DAEMON
    RETVAL=$?
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKFILE
    echo ""
    return $RETVAL
}

restart() {
    stop
    start
}

rhstatus() {
    status $DAEMON
}

case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  restart)
        restart
        ;;
  status)
        rhstatus
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $?


3) Autostart is different. Use this command: chkconfig --level 345 tdpsd on


This works for me. Like I said, please update us with any improvements you can add!
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby nKognito » 03 Jul 2012, 12:59

Hello,
I have Debian 6,
I tried this manual, everything fine untill I trying to run that code: service tdpsd start, it fails with such error:
/etc/init.d/tdpsd: No such file or directory

But I did everything like in this manual! Can you help to solve that issue please?
Thank you
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby dr.pepper » 23 Aug 2012, 15:29

corrupt init-script file!!!

use converter to remove windows-specific wordwraps from tdpsd:

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apt-get install dos2unix

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cd /path/to/tdpsd

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dos2unix tdpsd


c'est tout 8-)
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby Conan » 08 Oct 2012, 19:14

Guten nabend, Könnte mir evtl. jemand die anleitung in deutsch übersetzten? mein eng ist misserabel. Ich hab einen ubuntu 12.04 server und den Teamdriver server, der einwandfrei funktioniert. Ich möchte aber, das der server beim booten automatisch mit startet.
GRuss
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby Tronde » 14 Oct 2012, 23:32

Guten Abend.

Mit der freundlichen Genehmigung von SFu habe ich den Teil des Tutorials übersetzt, der sich mit dem Startscript und dem Autostart beschäfigt. Du findest das Tutorial in meinem Blog unter dem Link: http://www.my-it-brain.de/wordpress/teamdrive-personal-server-als-dienst-konfigurieren/.

Viel Spaß damit und danke nochmal an SFu.

MfG
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby Conan » 16 Oct 2012, 22:12

Ich danke dir! Klapt super bei mir.

Gruss Conan
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby f.endor » 18 Mar 2013, 15:41

When I try to do:
sudo service tdpsd start
I become:
tdpsd: unrecognized service
Why?
How is it not possible to run tdpsd?
I have Ubuntu 12.4 (12.4.2 LTS).
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Re: How-To: Start TDPSD as Service under Linux

Postby f.endor » 18 Mar 2013, 16:08

I think I could start the service.
It says: "Starting TeamDrive 1.0.47 Server Linux: tdpsd."
But nothing is written in the log data. Is it started?
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