[gentoo-user] openrc - parallel start - timeouts

[gentoo-user] openrc - parallel start - timeouts

[J. Roeleveld]

Hi All,

To improve the bootup time of my server, I want to enable "parallel", however, 
I run into an issue where some of the services take longer than 60 seconds to 
start, causing this to be classed as "not started", which then kills the 
entire boot sequence.

Boot, obviously, goes fine with parallel off, but I am certain I can reduce the 
boot time significantly using parallel. I also spent quite some time checking 
dependencies between the services to ensure they are all present.

Now, how do I configure a longer timeout? Preferably on a per-service basis, 
but at the very least, globally.

Many thanks in advance,

Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] openrc - parallel start - timeouts

[Michael]

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On Friday, 29 March 2024 13:30:23 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> To improve the bootup time of my server, I want to enable "parallel",
> however, I run into an issue where some of the services take longer than 60
> seconds to start, causing this to be classed as "not started", which then
> kills the entire boot sequence.
> 
> Boot, obviously, goes fine with parallel off, but I am certain I can reduce
> the boot time significantly using parallel. I also spent quite some time
> checking dependencies between the services to ensure they are all present.
> 
> Now, how do I configure a longer timeout? Preferably on a per-service basis,
> but at the very least, globally.
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Joost

Take a look in /etc/rc.conf, the section titled "SERVICE CONFIGURATION 
VARIABLES".

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Re: [gentoo-user] openrc - parallel start - timeouts

[J. Roeleveld]

On Friday, 29 March 2024 15:16:18 CEST Michael wrote:
> On Friday, 29 March 2024 13:30:23 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > To improve the bootup time of my server, I want to enable "parallel",
> > however, I run into an issue where some of the services take longer than
> > 60
> > seconds to start, causing this to be classed as "not started", which then
> > kills the entire boot sequence.
> > 
> > Boot, obviously, goes fine with parallel off, but I am certain I can
> > reduce
> > the boot time significantly using parallel. I also spent quite some time
> > checking dependencies between the services to ensure they are all present.
> > 
> > Now, how do I configure a longer timeout? Preferably on a per-service
> > basis, but at the very least, globally.
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Joost
> 
> Take a look in /etc/rc.conf, the section titled "SERVICE CONFIGURATION
> VARIABLES".

None of the entries in that entire file have any influence on the timeout.
I did manage to find out a way by looking at the code:
1) The timeout is hardcoded to 60 seconds (which is stupid design)
2) The only option is to disable the timeout for a service entirely and add a 
more sane timeout to the init-script.

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Joost