Linux: Enable Angelfish To Start at Boot
Creation date: 4/18/2022 10:43 PM
Updated: 2/17/2025 11:26 AM
For Linux environments, here are steps for enabling Angelfish to boot at startup using systemd.
These steps are based on instructions from this Red Hat help article
CREATE 'angelfish.service' FILE
- File needs to be placed in /etc/systemd/system/ with permissions of 664
- You will need root or sudo privileges to create this file
Example angelfish.service file:
[Unit]Description = Start Angelfish at bootAfter = network.target
[Service]User = angelfishExecStart = /usr/local/agfs/agfsctl --startExecStop = /usr/local/agfs/agfsctl --stopType = forking
[Install]WantedBy = multi-user.target
Notes:
- You can copy and paste the above into the angelfish.service file
- Be sure to update the following variables to match your environment:
- User: the service account used to start/stop Angelfish
- ExecStart: full path to "agfsctl --start"
- ExecStop: full path to "agfsctl --stop"
REGISTER angelfish.service FILE
Run the following commands as root:
systemctl daemon-reloadsystemctl enable angelfish.serviceAngelfish will now boot at startup!
You can start / stop Angelfish by calling the agfsctl binary directly, or by running the following:
systemctl start angelfish.servicesystemctl stop angelfish.serviceNOTES
- if /tmp is noexec, add the TMPDIR variable to .bash_profile, like this:
export TMPDIR=/usr/local/builds/tmp/- the directory referenced in the variable must exist, and must be owned by the account that owns the Angelfish files