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From: Sneek

Registered: 2012-07-26

Posts: 19

XAMPP service systemd

Hi all,

After updating my installation to systemd I can't get XAMPP to autostart at boot.
Previously I used rc.local to execute the command: /opt/lampp/lampp start

Now I'm trying to create a service for starting XAMPP so I made the following file:
/etc/systemd/system/xampp.service

[Unit]
Description=XAMPP

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/lampp/lampp start

Then I tried to enable this service by entering: sudo systemctl enable xampp.service
Which gives me the error:

The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.

I was looking into other services, but I have no clue what I need to place in an install section.

Anyone who can help me out with this one?

kaszak696

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Registered: 2009-05-26

Posts: 543

Re: XAMPP service systemd

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

should be enough.

man 5 systemd.unit

if You want to know what it does.

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VInze

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From: Sneek

Registered: 2012-07-26

Posts: 19

Re: XAMPP service systemd

Great! Thanks!

kryta

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Registered: 2012-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: XAMPP service systemd

Hello to everyone.

I create a service to start xampp in /etc/systemd/system/xampp.service

[jaume@R2D2 ~]$ sudo systemctl enable xampp.service
ln -s '/etc/systemd/system/xampp.service' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/xampp.service'
[jaume@R2D2 ~]$ sudo systemctl start xampp.service
[jaume@R2D2 ~]$ cat /etc/systemd/system/xampp.service
[Unit]
Description=XAMPP

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/lampp/lampp start

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
#Alias=xampp.service

[jaume@R2D2 ~]$

I don't know what happen, lampp don't start.... Some suggestion?

Thank you

Sorry for my English

Regards.

Last edited by kryta (2012-11-07 18:11:00)

kryta

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Registered: 2012-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: XAMPP service systemd

Do anyone know what happen?

Thank you so much.

superichy

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Registered: 2012-12-28

Posts: 1

Re: XAMPP service systemd

Hello people!

I created /etc/systemd/system/xampp.service with the following content:

[Unit]
Description=XAMPP

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/lampp/lampp start

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then, I runned as Root $systemctl enable xampp.service without any error / problem...

Finally, I restarted the machine, and XAMPP does not auto start... It only starts if I run /opt/lampp/lampp start at the console

Any further help, please?

Thank you and have a great year

pst33l

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Registered: 2013-04-16

Posts: 2

Re: XAMPP service systemd

i have figured out a solution that worked for me (fedora 17)

type
nano /etc/systemd/system/xampp.service

then write the following:

[Unit]
Description=XAMPP

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/lampp/lampp start
ExecStop=/opt/lampp/lampp stop
Type=forking

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

then

systemctl enable xampp.service

done