Add a service file and a timer file in the package

[gleu]

That's for sure easy enough to write one, but it's even easier when it's already written :)

Here is an example of a service file:

[Unit]
Description="pg_back's service"

[Service]
User=postgres
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pg_back
Type=oneshot

And here is an example of a timer file:

[Unit]
Description="pg_back service's timer"

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 21:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Adding them to your rpm and deb files would be great (they have to be installed in the /etc/systemd/system directory).

Thanks.

[Gounick]

Hi,
The service and timer files already exist..

https://github.com/orgrim/pg_back/tree/master/contrib%2Fsystemd

[gleu]

Oh yes, you're right. Then I'm wondering why they aren't part of the rpm package. Any reason?

[l00ptr]

@gleu, do you know if those systemd services and timers work on RHEL-based OS? FYI those file are already provided on Debian package/system.

[gleu]

They definitely won't work out of the box. But neither does the config file, already packaged in the RPM file. If the maintainer is interested in adding these in the rpm package, I will gladly work on the config file and the service/timer files to have a RHEL compatible version of those.