I have been trying out the new package of Netdsico 2 from https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Netdisco and I must say im quite impressed by the new version, it has a new interface and its quite smooth to operate. Everything is bundled inside the package and deployed part as of CPAN. Its quite a bit different than Netdisco 1 in terms of installing and configuring, and it is bit easier to work with.
One of the things which I needed was a startup script to start the netdisco-daemon and netdisco-web service on Red Hat / Centos, so I built a custom service to operate it.
Simply download netdisco-web and netdisco-daemon files , remove the .txt extension, and drop them into /etc/init.d on your redhat/centos system using WinSCP or similar.
Once the files are in there add execute privilege, go into /etc/init.d using terminal
[root@centos init.d]# chmod +x netdisco-daemon
[root@centos init.d]# chmod +x netdisco-web
Then add the files as part of the startup process
[root@centos init.d]# chkconfig --add netdisco-daemon
[root@centos init.d]# chkconfig --add netdisco-web
[root@centos init.d]# chkconfig netdisco-daemon on --level 2345
[root@centos init.d]# chkconfig netdisco-web on --level 2345
Lets check the startup run levels, looks good
[root@centos init.d]# chkconfig --list | grep netdisco
netdisco-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netdisco-web 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
Now lets check the service
[root@centos init.d]# service netdisco-web start Netdisco Web [Started]
[root@centos init.d]# config watcher: watching /home/netdisco/environments for updates.
[root@centos init.d]# service netdisco-daemon start Netdisco Daemon [Started]
config watcher: watching /home/netdisco/environments for updates.
We can see it is working well.
We can then pass the “help” parameter what the service offers
[root@centos init.d]# service netdisco-daemon help Usage: {start|stop|restart|status|help}
[root@centos init.d]# service netdisco-web help Usage: {start|stop|restart|status|help}
I finally have my netdisco 2 service operational and working well. The bootup scripts have been made so that it allows postgresql to startup first which netdisco relies on, then the daemon and then finally the web.
I haven’t tested on other linux platforms, but i’m sure it will be operational as well with possibly a few tweaks. Hopefully it will assist you too.
