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Service definitions

neoinit reads service definitions from /etc/neoinit/services/ at boot. Files are processed in alphabetical order.

YAML format (.yaml, .yml)

name: myservice
description: My service
exec: /usr/bin/myservice --flag "quoted arg"
working_dir: /var/lib/myservice
restart: true
type: simple
env:
  - FOO=bar
  - BAZ=qux
Field Required Values Default
exec yes command + arguments
name no string filename
description no string
working_dir no path
restart no true / false false
type no simple / oneshot simple
env no list of KEY=VALUE

exec supports quoted arguments and backslash-escaped spaces.

oneshot — neoinit waits for the process to exit before launching the next service. simple — process is launched and left running.

systemd compatibility (.service)

Available when built with -Dsystemd_compat=true (default).

Recognised keys:

Key Section Maps to
Description [Unit] description
ExecStart [Service] exec
WorkingDirectory [Service] working_dir
Environment [Service] env entry
Restart [Service] restart
Type [Service] type

All other keys and sections are ignored.

[Unit]
Description=My service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/myservice --flag
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/myservice
Environment=FOO=bar
Restart=on-failure
Type=simple

Restart=no disables restart. Any other value enables it.