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<a href="http://smarden.org/pape/">G. Pape</a>
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<h1>runit - a UNIX init scheme with service supervision</h1>
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<a href="install.html">How to install runit</a><br>
<a href="upgrade.html">Upgrading from previous versions of runit</a>
<p>
<a href="benefits.html">Benefits</a><br>
<a href="replaceinit.html">How to replace init</a><br>
<a href="useinit.html">How to use runit with current init</a><br>
<a href="usedietlibc.html">How to use dietlibc</a><br>
<a href="faq.html">Frequently asked questions</a><br>
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<a href="runlevels.html">Runlevels</a><br>
<a href="dependencies.html">Service dependencies</a><br>
<a href="runscripts.html">A collection of run scripts</a><br>
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<a href="runit.8.html">The <tt>runit</tt> program</a><br>
<a href="runit-init.8.html">The <tt>runit-init</tt> program</a><br>
<br>
<a href="sv.8.html">The <tt>sv</tt> program</a><br>
<br>
<a href="runsvdir.8.html">The <tt>runsvdir</tt> program</a><br>
<a href="runsvchdir.8.html">The <tt>runsvchdir</tt> program</a><br>
<a href="runsv.8.html">The <tt>runsv</tt> program</a><br>
<br>
<a href="svlogd.8.html">The <tt>svlogd</tt> program</a><br>
<br>
<a href="chpst.8.html">The <tt>chpst</tt> program</a><br>
<a href="utmpset.8.html">The <tt>utmpset</tt> program</a><br>
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<i>runit</i> is a
cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision, a replacement for
<a href="ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/">sysvinit</a>,
and other init schemes.
It runs on <b>GNU/Linux</b>, <b>*BSD</b>, <b>MacOSX</b>, <b>Solaris</b>,
and can easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems.
If <i>runit</i> runs for you on any other operating system, please
<a href="mailto:supervision@list.skarnet.org">let me know</a>.
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<i>runit</i> is discussed on the
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gmane.org</a>.
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The program <a href="runit.8.html">runit</a> is intended to run as Unix
process no 1, it is automatically started by the
<a href="runit-init.8.html">runit-init</a> <tt>/sbin/init</tt>-replacement
if this is started by the kernel.
<p>
<a href="runit.8.html">runit</a> performs the system's <i>booting</i>,
<i>running</i> and <i>shutting down</i> in <b>three stages</b>:
<ul>
<li><b>Stage 1:</b><br>
<i>runit</i> starts <tt>/etc/runit/1</tt> and waits for it to
terminate.
The system's one time initialization tasks are done here.
<tt>/etc/runit/1</tt> has full control over <tt>/dev/console</tt> to be
able to start an emergency shell in case the one time initialization
tasks fail.
<li><b>Stage 2:</b><br>
<i>runit</i> starts <tt>/etc/runit/2</tt> which should not return
until the system is going to halt or reboot; if it crashes, it will be
restarted.
Normally, <tt>/etc/runit/2</tt> runs
<a href="runsvdir.8.html">runsvdir</a>.
In Stage 2 <i>runit</i> optionally handles the INT signal (ctrl-alt-del
keyboard request on Linux/i386).
<li><b>Stage 3:</b><br>
If <i>runit</i> is told to halt or reboot the system, or Stage 2 returns
without errors, it terminates Stage 2 if it is running, and runs
<tt>/etc/runit/3</tt>.
The systems tasks to shutdown and halt or reboot are done here.
</ul>
These are working examples for Debian sarge:
<a href="debian/1">/etc/runit/1</a>,
<a href="debian/2">/etc/runit/2</a>,
<a href="debian/3">/etc/runit/3</a>.
<p>
The program <a href="runit-init.8.html">runit-init</a> is intended to
replace <tt>/sbin/init</tt>.
The command <b><tt>init 0</tt></b> tells <i>runit</i> to halt the system,
and <b><tt>init 6</tt></b> to reboot.
<a href="runlevels.html">Runlevels</a> are handled through the
<a href="runsvdir.8.html">runsvdir</a> and
<a href="runsvchdir.8.html">runsvchdir</a> programs.
Service <a href="dependencies.html">dependencies</a> are resolved
automatically.
<p>
<i>runit</i> is optimized for reliability and small size.
The amount of code in process no 1 should be minimal.
<hr>
See <a href="install.html">How to install runit</a> for installing
<i>runit</i>, and <a href="replaceinit.html">How to replace init</a> for
configuring <i>runit</i> to run as process no 1.
See <a href="useinit.html">How to use with current init</a> if you want to
use <i>runit</i> without replacing the current init scheme.
Please read the list of
<a href="faq.html">Frequently asked questions with answers</a>.
<hr>
If <i>runit</i> on Linux is compiled and linked with the
<a href="http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/">dietlibc</a>, it yields in a
statically linked <tt>runit</tt> binary of 8.5k size and this
<tt>ps axuw</tt> output on my system:
<pre>
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 20 16 ? S 2002 0:02 runit
</pre>
I recommend doing this; for instructions, see
<a href="usedietlibc.html">How to use dietlibc</a>.
<hr>
The following distributions are known to include or package <i>runit</i>:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/runit">
Debian GNU/Linux</a> (as alternative init scheme)
<li><a href="http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/runit/">
FreeBSD</a>
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/sysutils/runit/">
OpenBSD</a>
<li><a href="http://pkgsrc.se/wip/runit/">
NetBSD</a>
<li><a href="http://annvix.org/">
Annvix</a> (as default init scheme)
<li><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/runit">
Ubuntu</a> (as alternative init scheme)
<li><a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=runit">
Gentoo</a>
<li><a href="http://www.smeserver.org/">
SME server</a>
<li><a href="http://www.opensde.org/">
OpenSDE</a>
<li><a href="http://www.t2-project.org/">
T2</a>
<li><a href="http://zinux.cynicbytrade.com/">
Zinux Linux</a> (as default init scheme)
<li><a href="http://www.gobolinux.org/">
GoboLinux</a>
</ul>
If you know of more distributions, please
<a href="mailto:supervision@list.skarnet.org">let me know</a>.
<hr>
<b><i>runit</i> in use</b>:
I replaced <i>sysvinit</i> successfully with <i>runit</i> on several server
systems and a laptop running Debian/GNU Linux sarge, woody, and potato.
Here is an example:
<pre>
# strings /proc/1/exe |grep Id
$Id: runit.c,v 1.7 2002/02/13 09:59:52 pape Exp $
# uptime
11:59:13 up 365 days, 23:22, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
# ps axuw |head -n20
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 20 16 ? S 2002 0:07 runit
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:00 [keventd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN 2002 0:51 [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 144:38 [kswapd]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 0:08 [bdflush]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 2002 7:24 [kupdated]
root 168 0.0 0.0 1652 168 ? S 2002 0:27 /usr/sbin/cron
root 174 0.0 0.0 36 24 ? S 2002 1:06 runsvdir /var/service log: ...............................................................................................
root 176 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv qmail-send
root 177 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv getty-5
root 178 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv getty-4
root 179 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv getty-3
root 180 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv getty-2
root 182 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv socklog-unix
root 183 0.0 0.0 1256 4 tty5 S 2002 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5 linux
root 184 0.0 0.0 1256 4 tty3 S 2002 0:00 getty 38400 tty3 linux
root 185 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv socklog-klog
root 186 0.0 0.0 20 20 ? S 2002 0:00 runsv ssh
root 187 0.0 0.0 1256 4 tty4 S 2002 0:00 getty 38400 tty4 linux
# pstree
runit-+-bdflush
|-cron
|-gcache
|-keventd
|-ksoftirqd_CPU0
|-kswapd
|-kupdated
`-runsvdir-+-runsv-+-multilog
| `-qmail-send-+-qmail-clean
| |-qmail-lspawn
| `-qmail-rspawn---qmail-remote
|-4*[runsv---getty]
|-2*[runsv-+-multilog]
| `-socklog]
|-runsv-+-multilog
| `-sshd-+-sshd---sshd---bash---bash---pstree
| `-sshd---sshd---rsync
|-runsv---clockspeed
|-runsv-+-dnscache
| `-multilog
|-runsv---apache-ssl-+-9*[apache-ssl]
| |-gcache
| `-4*[multilog]
|-7*[runsv-+-multilog]
| `-tcpserver]
|-4*[runsv-+-multilog]
| `-tinydns]
|-runsv---uncat
|-2*[runsv-+-multilog]
| `-tcpsvd]
|-runsv-+-svlogd
| `-tcpsvd-+-smtpfront-qmail
| `-smtpfront-qmail---qmail-queue
`-runsv-+-svlogd
`-tcpsvd---bincimap-up---bincimapd
</pre>
<hr>
See <a href="http://smarden.org/runit/">http://smarden.org/runit/</a>
for recent informations.
<hr>
Related links:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.fefe.de/minit/">
minit</a> - a small yet feature-complete init
<li><a href="http://multivac.cwru.edu/svscan-1/">
svscan as process 1</a> - by Paul Jarc
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/">
sysvinit</a> - source code
<li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/init/">
FreeBSD's init</a> - CVS repository
<li><a href="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sbin/init/">
NetBSD's init</a> - CVS repository
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/init/">
OpenBSD's init</a> - CVS repository
<li><a href="http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/boot-scripts/">
Linux Boot Scripts</a> - by Richard Gooch
</ul>
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<address><a href="mailto:pape@smarden.org">
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
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