Basic upstart script

README.rst

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 ********
 *Never* use this branch for production. Major new features pull requests goes here. 
 
+Linux
+-----
+
+GNS3 is perhaps packaged for your distribution:
+* Gentoo: https://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/gns3-server
+
 
 Linux (Debian based)
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    py.test -v
 
+
+Run as daemon 
+***************
+
+You will found init sample script for various systems
+inside the init directory.
+
+upstart
+~~~~~~~
+
+For ubuntu < 15.04
+
+You need to copy init/gns3.conf.upstart to /etc/init/gns3.conf
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    sudo chown root /etc/init/gns3.conf
+    sudo service gns3 start
+
+
 Windows
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init/gns3.conf.upstart

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+description "GNS3 server"
+author      "GNS3 Team"
+
+start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
+stop on shutdown
+
+script
+    echo $$ > /var/run/gns3.pid
+    exec start-stop-daemon --start -c gns3 --exec /usr/local/bin/gns3server
+end script
+
+pre-start script
+    echo "[`date`] GNS3 Starting" >> /var/log/gns3.log
+end script
+
+pre-stop script
+    rm /var/run/gns3.pid
+    echo "[`date`] GNS3 Stopping" >> /var/log/gns3.log
+end script