download the binary:

wget https://github.com/MarioBassem/sminit/releases/download/v0.0.3/sminit

create service definition files in /etc/sminit

run sminit init with root user privileges to tell sminit to keep track of services in /etc/sminit and start whichever is eligible.

to add a new service to tracked services, create its definition file in /etc/sminit/example_service.yaml, then run sminit add example_service.

to delete a service from tracked services, run sminit delete example_service.

to start a stopped service, run sminit start example_service.

to stop a started or running service, run sminit stop example_service.

to show sminit logs, run sminit log.

to list all tracked services, run sminit list.

Services should be defined in yaml files in /etc/sminit.

A service definition file has the following fields:

• cmd: this is the command that is executed when the service is eligible to run.
• log: if this is equal to "stdout", sminit will dump the logs of this service with sminit's logs, available with sminit log
• after: this is a list of the services that should be in a running state before sminit starts this service.
• oneshot: this is a boolean flag indicating whether to keep starting this service if it is terminated, or run it only once.
• healthcheck: this is a command that has to successfuly run before declaring this service as running. the default is sleep 1.

Let's have to services, one saying hello, the other saying world. There should be two files in /ets/sminit:

• the first should be named hello.yaml, and should look like this:

  cmd: echo hello
  log: stdout
  oneshot: true
  healthcheck: sleep 3

• the second should look like this:

  cmd: echo world
  log: stdout
  oneshot: true
  after:
    - hello