Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 19:17:47 -0600 From: Joe Maloney <jmaloney@pcbsd.org> To: Mark Heily <mark@heily.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: relaunchd: a portable clone of launchd Message-ID: <21B2B211-C52C-4202-BC5F-A190B9C12CD3@pcbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGfo=8nPxY6SW%2B04R4sN_a1udOuVRLEownM4p2Yz5Y8YGvheeA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGfo=8nPxY6SW%2B04R4sN_a1udOuVRLEownM4p2Yz5Y8YGvheeA@mail.gmail.com>
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Awesome. Thank you! I will definitely be trying this out. One = question. Are there any plans to convert this work over from json to = UCL which FreeBSD uses for things like pkg? It is my understanding that = UCL can parse json anyway, and is the preferred format for FreeBSD from = what I can tell? Joe Maloney > On Nov 15, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Mark Heily <mark@heily.com> wrote: >=20 > I've written a clone of the launchd framework found in Mac OS X [1]. > It's called "relaunchd" and I would like to some help improving it and > getting it added to the FreeBSD ports tree [2]. >=20 > Here's the source code: >=20 > https://github.com/mheily/relaunchd >=20 > One of the coolest things I've been able to do with it is to use > socket activation to launch an unmodified version of Apache inside of > a jail, pass it a socket descriptor bound to port 80 from the primary > network interface outside of the jail, and have it "just work" and > start serving web content using the pre-existing socket descriptor. > This eliminates the need to setup a cumbersome NAT and port forwarding > mechanism for each jail [3]. >=20 > This is a completely separate line of development from the work that > the NextBSD folks are doing to port the published Apple source code > for launchd and all of it's dependencies. >=20 > I'd be happy to answer questions about relaunchd, and welcome > contributions from anyone who wants to help make launchd on FreeBSD a > reality. >=20 > Regards, >=20 > - Mark >=20 > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd > [2] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D204240 > [3] Example: http://kbeezie.com/freebsd-jail-single-ip/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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