s6-rc

What is it ?

s6-rc is a service manager for s6-based systems, i.e. a suite of programs that can start and stop services, both long-running daemons and one-time initialization scripts, in the proper order according to a dependency tree. It ensures that long-running daemons are supervised by the s6 infrastructure, and that one-time scripts are also run in a controlled environment.

Why such a program ?
A high-level overview of s6-rc
FAQ for s6-rc

Installation

Requirements

A POSIX-compliant system with a standard C development environment
GNU make, version 3.81 or later
skalibs version 2.9.2.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs library.
execline version 2.6.0.0 or later. It's a build-time and run-time requirement.
s6 version 2.9.1.0 or later. It's a build-time and run-time requirement.

Licensing

s6-rc is free software. It is available under the ISC license.

Download

The current released version of s6-rc is 0.5.1.2.
Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the s6-rc git repository:
```
 git clone git://git.skarnet.org/s6-rc 
```
There's also a GitHub mirror of the s6-rc git repository.

Compilation

See the enclosed INSTALL file for installation details.

Upgrade notes

This page lists the differences to be aware of between the previous versions of s6-rc and the current one.

Reference

Commands

Offline tools: creating and managing a compiled service database

Online tools: managing your live services

Upgrading from earlier s6-rc database formats

The s6-rc-format-upgrade program

Programs used internally

Related resources

Discussion

s6-rc is discussed on the skaware mailing-list.

Similar work

anopa is another service manager for s6, with a similar design (but no compilation phase).
nosh is a complete init system and service manager for Unix.