Init script not working with Fedora 17 about logstash-forwarder HOT 12 CLOSED

I think you'll find this is because FC17 changed from SysV init to systemd. It'd be an easy fix for some edits and new documentation.

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Realistically, we should just start shipping more-specific package variants per OS. This work is likely to wait until I have time to work on github.com/jordansissel/pleaserun (which will generate init scripts for multiple platforms)

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@jamtur01 Those aren't generally used on RHEL releases from my knowledge so you'll still run into issues on SysV init - you'll generally use something like /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions which has similar functions (status, daemon, etc).

@jordansissel Maybe in the interim some sort of Makefile fudging would work?

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Try this which works on RHEL 6

https://gist.github.com/yummylogs/6459539

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Thanks @YummyLogs . I've extended this so that the ".lumberjack" file isn't created at "/'".

https://gist.github.com/polansky/7307828

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Note that the same problem in Centos 6.4, not just Fedora.

/etc/init.d/logstash-forwarder: line 25: /lib/init/vars.sh: No such file or directory

I note that the logstash book sample code has yet another version of init scripts (and config scripts) for several environments, https://github.com/jamtur01/logstashbook-code/tree/master/code/4

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My intention is to finish work on jordansissel/pleaserun to the point where I can generate appropriate runner scripts (init, systemd, upstart, etc) for any desired target platform.

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Does anyone have a working init script for CentOS?

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There's one in #196

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We use pleaserun to generate the init script now, which should work on most linux platforms.

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the new init script is built with master and will be a part of the next release.

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This is fixed in #402

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