FAQ amuled

2005-12-03T23:34:29Z

82.242.101.49: Added startup script

[[aMuled]] is a full featured [[aMule]], running without any user interface ([http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/Graphical_User_Interface_GUI.html GUI]). It is controlled by remote access through [[aMuleWeb]], [[aMuleCMD]], [[aMuleGUI]] or other [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|ed2k]] [[FAQ_utils|utilities]].

Stripped from [http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/Graphical_User_Interface_GUI.html GUI], [[aMuled]] has reduced memory and CPU requirements and it can run without [http://www.xfree86.org X] at all.

'''Please note:''' Remember '''not''' to set your max-Connections higher than 1024, since [[wxBase]] cannot handle more connections.

If you just need to run [[aMule]] on a remote server [[FAQ_aMule#Is there any way to start aMule with no graphical interface?|try Xvfb]] (see [[FAQ_aMule#Can_I_manage_aMule_remotely_through_telnet_in_the_same_way_I_do_with_eDonkey?|this]] too).

=== Startup script ===
Here is an amuled startup script to make amuled start and stop with your computer. It is derived from the one at [[aMuleWeb]], but follows stricter quoting rules, doesn't require a configuration file in /etc/defaults , and doesn't start a web server.
Run su, or prefix commands with sudo, to become root.
Edit the USER= line to set it to your current user (as reported by whoami)
Copy the script as /etc/init.d/amuled:
cp amuled /etc/init.d/amuled
make it executable
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/amuled
set it to run at startup
#on debian distros:
update-rc.d amuled defaults
#on a generic distro
ln -s /etc/init.d/amuled /etc/rc0.d/K20amuled;
ln -s /etc/init.d/amuled /etc/rc1.d/K20amuled;
ln -s /etc/init.d/amuled /etc/rc6.d/K20amuled;
ln -s /etc/init.d/amuled /etc/rc4.d/S20amuled
ln -s /etc/init.d/amuled /etc/rc5.d/S20amuled

<pre>
#!/bin/bash

NAME=$(basename "$0")
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/amuled
DESC=amuled
USER=g2p #A user who already ran amule once to configure it.

test -x "$DAEMON" || exit 0

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
su "$USER" -c "$(printf "%q -f" "$DAEMON" )"
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
killall --quiet "$DAEMON"
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
killall --quiet "$DAEMON"
sleep 1
su "$USER" -c "$(printf "%q -f" "$DAEMON" )"
;;
*)
printf "Usage: %q {start|stop|restart|force-reload}\n" "$0" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0
</pre>

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