Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:42:13 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kick off a post boot job Message-ID: <20061018134213.cec3a18b.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <4536600A.9010602@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> References: <4536600A.9010602@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>
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In response to Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com>: > I have a number of servers which don't have console access, but I would like to > have apache started automatically if the server is rebooted. However, it seems > that if https is used then I need to type in a secret at boot time (on the console). > > Is there a way to start processes up automatically after the boot is finished? > > I could imagine asking another, trusted, server to supply the magic string using > scp or some other secure transport and then using the decoded result to start up > apache. You could just store your cert and key unencrypted. There are other ways as well. Apache supports plugins for this purpose, but that question would be better answered on one of the Apache mailing lists. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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