[systemd-devel] Support for large applications

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

Avi Kivity:

> We are using systemd to supervise our NoSQL database [...]
>
> Sometimes [it needs] to perform expensive operations during startup 
> (log replay, rebuild from network replica) before we can start 
> serving. Rather than configure a huge start timeout, I'd prefer to 
> have the service report progress to systemd so that it knows that 
> startup is still in progress.
>
That's something for your database software to address, not systemd.  
Perhaps you will have better luck than the person who tried to get this 
with MySQL for four years, and instead merely received a tweak of the 
server exit code and a closure of the bug.  At least xe managed with 
MariaDB, though.  (-:

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    MariaDB Server: MDEV-5713: RFE: Add support for systemd notify
    feature <https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5713>

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    MariaDB Server: MDEV-5536: Support systemd socket activation
    <https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5536>

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    MySQL Bugs: #65809: RFE: send a notify message to systemd daemon
    <https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=65809>

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    MySQL :: WL#7895: Add systemd support to server
    <http://dev.mysql.com/worklog/task/?id=7895>

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    6 thoughts on “MySQL 5.7 — Native Systemd Support”
    <http://mysqlserverteam.com/mysql-5-7-native-systemd-support/#comments>

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    better systemd integration
    <https://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org/msg273121.html>
    pgsql-hackers, Peter Eisentraut, 2015
    <https://www.mail-archive.com/pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org/msg273121.html>

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    pgsql: Add support for systemd service notifications
    <http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E1aQnE5-0003Cj-CN@gemulon.postgresql.org>

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