[SOLVED] systemctl daemon-reload after installation of rpm

Issue

I created an RPM with nfpm. When the RPM is installed on an OEL 7.x system, it requires me to reload the unit files, before I can start the service.

systemctl daemon-reload

How would I do allow the RPM to reload, so that the service can be started, and also be enabled on reboots?

Since this may be nfpm config (YAML) specific, I wouldn't mind the native RPM spec file perspective either.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

you could put that in the %post section:

%post
systemctl daemon-reload

While we are at it, here are some good practices that I found for cleanup when your package is uninstalled:

%preun
if [ $1 == 0 ]; then #uninstall
  systemctl unmask %{name}.service
  systemctl stop %{name}.service
  systemctl disable %{name}.service
fi

%postun
if [ $1 == 0 ]; then #uninstall
  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl reset-failed
fi

Answered By - Chris Maes

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)