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  • The Stash installer for Linux installs Stash as a service – see Getting started. The information on this page only applies if you are manually installing or upgrading Stash.
  • System administration tasks are not supported by Atlassian. These instructions are only provided as a guide and may not be up to date with the latest version of your operating system.

For production use on a Linux server, Stash should be configured to run as a Linux service, that is, as a daemon process. This has the following advantages:

  • Stash can be automatically restarted when the operating system restarts.
  • Stash can be automatically restarted if it stops for some reason.
  • Stash is less likely to be accidentally shut down, as can happen if the terminal Stash was manually started in is closed.
  • Logs from the Stash JVM can be properly managed by the service.

This page describes the following approaches to running Stash as a service on Linux:

  • Use the Java Service Wrapper, which allows a Java application to be run as a UNIX daemon.
  • Use an init.d script to start Stash at boot time - this doesn't restart Stash if it stops for some reason.
  • Use a systemctl script to start Stash at boot time - this doesn't restart Stash if it stops for some reason.

Note that Stash assumes that the external database is available when it starts; these approaches do not support service dependencies, and the startup scripts will not wait for the external database to become available.

Using the Java Service Wrapper

Stash can be run as a service on Linux using the Java Service Wrapper. The Service Wrapper is known to work with Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat.

The Service Wrapper provides the following benefits:

  • Allows Stash, which is a Java application, to be run as a service.
  • No need for a user to be logged on to the system at all times, or for a command prompt to be open and running on the desktop to be able to run Stash.
  • The ability to run Stash in the background as a service, for improved convenience, system performance and security.
  • Stash is launched automatically on system startup and does not require that a user be logged in. 
  • Users are not able to stop, start, or otherwise tamper with Stash unless they are an administrator.
  • Can provide advanced failover, error recovery, and analysis features to make sure that Stash has the maximum possible uptime.

Please see http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/doc/english/launch-nix.html for wrapper installation and configuration instructions.

The service wrapper supports the standard commands for SysV init scripts, so it should work if you just create a symlink to it from /etc/init.d.

Using an init.d script

The usual way on Linux to ensure that a process restarts at system restart is to use an init.d script. This approach does not restart Stash if it stops by itself.

  1. Stop Stash.
  2. Create a stash user, set the permissions to that user, create a home directory for Stash and create a symlink to make upgrades easier:

    $> curl -OL http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/stash/downloads/atlassian-stash-2.0.1.tar.gz
    $> tar xz -C /opt -f atlassian-stash-2.0.1.tar.gz
    $> ln -s /opt/atlassian-stash-2.0.1 /opt/atlassian-stash-latest
     
    # Create a home directory
    $> mkdir /opt/stash-home
     
    # ! Update permissions and ownership accordingly
  3. Create the startup script in /etc/init.d/stash with the following contents (Ensure the script is executable by running chmod 755 stash):

    #! /bin/sh
    
    ### BEGIN INIT INFO
    # Provides:          stash
    # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
    # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
    # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
    # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
    # Short-Description: Initscript for Atlassian Stash
    # Description:  Automatically start Atlassian Stash when the system starts up.
    #               Provide commands for manually starting and stopping Stash.
    ### END INIT INFO
    
    # Adapt the following lines to your configuration
    # RUNUSER: The user to run Stash as.
    RUNUSER=vagrant
    
    # STASH_INSTALLDIR: The path to the Stash installation directory
    STASH_INSTALLDIR="/opt/atlassian-stash-2.0.1"
    
    # STASH_HOME: Path to the Stash home directory
    STASH_HOME="/opt/stash-home"
    
    # ==================================================================================
    # ==================================================================================
    # ==================================================================================
    
    # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
    PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
    DESC="Atlassian Stash"
    NAME=stash
    PIDFILE=$STASH_INSTALLDIR/work/catalina.pid
    SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
    
    # Read configuration variable file if it is present
    [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
    
    # Define LSB log_* functions.
    # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
    . /lib/lsb/init-functions
    
    
    run_with_home() {
        if [ "$RUNUSER" != "$USER" ]; then
            su - "$RUNUSER" -c "export STASH_HOME=${STASH_HOME};${STASH_INSTALLDIR}/bin/$1"
        else
            export STASH_HOME=${STASH_HOME};${STASH_INSTALLDIR}/bin/$1
        fi
    }
    
    #
    # Function that starts the daemon/service
    #
    do_start()
    {
        run_with_home start-stash.sh
    }
    
    #
    # Function that stops the daemon/service
    #
    do_stop()
    {
        if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
          run_with_home stop-stash.sh
        else
          log_failure_msg "$NAME is not running."
        fi
    }
    
    
    case "$1" in
      start)
        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_start
        case "$?" in
            0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
            2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
        esac
        ;;
      stop)
        [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_stop
        case "$?" in
            0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
            2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
        esac
        ;;
      status)
           if [ ! -e $PIDFILE ]; then
             log_failure_msg "$NAME is not running."
             return 1
           fi
           status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE "" $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
           ;;
      restart|force-reload)
        #
        # If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
        # 'force-reload' alias
        #
        log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
        do_stop
        case "$?" in
          0|1)
            do_start
            case "$?" in
                0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
                1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
                *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
            esac
            ;;
          *)
            # Failed to stop
            log_end_msg 1
            ;;
        esac
        ;;
      *)
        echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
    esac

Running on system boot

  1. To start on system boot, add the script to the start up process.
    For Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives) use:

    update-rc.d stash defaults


    For RHEL (and derivates) use:

    chkconfig --add stash --level 0356

    Note: You may have to install the redhat-lsb package on RHEL (or derivatives) to provide the LSB functions used in the script.

  2. Verify that the Stash service comes back up after restarting the machine.

 

Using a systemctl script on Fedora

Thanks to Patrick Nelson for calling out this approach, which he set up for a Fedora system. This approach does not restart Stash if it stops by itself.

  1. Create a stash.service file in your /usr/lib/systemd/system/ directory with the following lines:

    [Unit]
    Description=Atlassian Stash Service
    After=syslog.target network.target
     
    [Service]
    Type=forking
    ExecStart=/opt/atlassian-stash-2.5.0/bin/start-stash.sh
    ExecStop=/opt/atlassian-stash-2.5.0/bin/stop-stash.sh
     
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target


    The values for ExecStart and ExecStop should be adjusted to match the path to your <Stash installation directory>.

  2. Enable the service to start at boot time by running the following in a terminal:

    systemctl enable stash.service
  3. Stop Stash, then restart the system, to check that Stash starts as expected.
  4. Use the following commands to manage the service:
    Disable the service:
    systemctl disable stash.service
    Check that the service is set to start at boot time:
    if [ -f /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/stash.service ]; then echo "On"; else echo "Off";fi
    Manually start and stop the service: 
    systemctl start stash
    systemctl stop stash
    Check the status of Stash:
    systemctl status stash