Systemd deployments

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This section describes how to run Enonic XP as a systemd service.

Explanation of the setup

What we want to achieve is to setup XP with systemd. The setup should be easy to install, upgrade, rollback and backup. We will setup the following:

  1. Set correct vm.max_map_count.

  2. Create a user and group for XP.

  3. Download and extract the desired distribution into /opt/enonic/distros.

  4. Setup the XP home folder at /opt/enonic/home.

  5. Create a systemd service file using the desired distro.

  6. Start the systemd service.

This guide will use the following folder setup:

/opt/enonic (1)
  /distros (2)
  /home (3)
1 Root folder to contain all Enonic related files
2 Folder to store all downloaded distributions
3 Folder containing XP home, that includes blobstore, index, configuration, e.t.c.

Using Ansible

The easiest way to achive this is to use an ansible playbook. We will focus on that first. If you are not familiar with ansible, don’t worry. We will also show you how to do this manually in section Manual setup.

Creating the Ansible playbook

Let’s create an ansible playbook that will handle all the setup for you. Create a file called xp-systemd.yaml and paste the following contents into it:

xp-systemd.yaml
# Run on all hosts in your inventory. You should probably change this!
- hosts: "all"
# Run playbook as root. This is required!
  become: true

  # Variable you can set to customize your setup. Remember to set JVM heap (XP_OPTS) to the correct value based on your setup!
  vars:
    XP_VERSION: 7.7.1
    XP_USER: xp
    XP_GROUP: xp
    XP_DIR_DISTROS: /opt/enonic/distros
    XP_DIR_HOME: /opt/enonic/home
    XP_SERVICE_NAME: xp.service
    XP_SERVICE_FILE: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ XP_SERVICE_NAME }}"
    XP_OPTS: "-Xms1G -Xmx1G"

  tasks:
    - name: Set vm.max_map_count
      sysctl:
        name: vm.max_map_count
        value: "262144"
        sysctl_set: true

    - name: Ensure user group exists
      ansible.builtin.group:
        name: "{{ XP_GROUP }}"

    - name: Ensure user exists
      ansible.builtin.user:
        name: "{{ XP_USER }}"
        group: "{{ XP_GROUP }}"
        system: true

    - name: Check if distro directory exists
      ansible.builtin.stat:
        path: "{{ XP_DIR_HOME }}"
      register: distro_details

    - name: Create distro directory
      when: not distro_details.stat.exists
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}"
        state: directory
        recurse: true
        owner: "{{ XP_USER }}"
        group: "{{ XP_GROUP }}"
        mode: 0775

    - name: Check if desired distro exists
      ansible.builtin.stat:
        path: "{{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}/enonic-xp-linux-server-{{ XP_VERSION }}"
      register: distro_details

    - name: Download desired distro
      when: not distro_details.stat.exists
      ansible.builtin.unarchive:
        src: "https://repo.enonic.com/public/com/enonic/xp/enonic-xp-linux-server/{{ XP_VERSION }}/enonic-xp-linux-server-{{ XP_VERSION }}.tgz"
        dest: "{{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}"
        owner: "{{ XP_USER }}"
        group: "{{ XP_GROUP }}"
        remote_src: true

    - name: Check if home directory exists
      ansible.builtin.stat:
        path: "{{ XP_DIR_HOME }}"
      register: home_details

    - name: Copy home directory from distro
      when: not home_details.stat.exists
      ansible.posix.synchronize:
        src: "{{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}/enonic-xp-linux-server-{{ XP_VERSION }}/home/"
        dest: "{{ XP_DIR_HOME }}"
      delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

    - name: Create systemd service
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        dest: "{{ XP_SERVICE_FILE }}"
        content: |
          [Unit]
          Description=Enonic XP
          Documentation=https://developer.enonic.com/docs
          Wants=network-online.target
          After=network-online.target

          [Service]
          Type=simple
          PrivateTmp=true
          Environment=XP_INSTALL={{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}/enonic-xp-linux-server-{{ XP_VERSION }}
          Environment=XP_JAVA_HOME={{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}/enonic-xp-linux-server-{{ XP_VERSION }}/jdk
          Environment=XP_HOME={{ XP_DIR_HOME }}
          Environment=XP_OPTS={{ XP_OPTS }}

          User={{ XP_USER }}
          Group={{ XP_GROUP }}

          ExecStart={{ XP_DIR_DISTROS }}/enonic-xp-linux-server-{{ XP_VERSION }}/bin/server.sh

          StandardOutput=journal
          StandardError=inherit

          LimitNOFILE=65536
          LimitNPROC=4096
          LimitAS=infinity
          LimitFSIZE=infinity

          KillSignal=SIGTERM
          KillMode=process
          SendSIGKILL=no
          SuccessExitStatus=143

          [Install]
          WantedBy=multi-user.target
      register: systemd_service_definition

    # Only runs the first time the service definition is created
    - name: Enable and start systemd service
      when: systemd_service_definition.changed
      ansible.builtin.systemd:
        name: "{{ XP_SERVICE_NAME }}"
        state: started
        enabled: yes
        daemon_reload: yes
      register: systemd_service_enabled

    # Only runs if the service definition changed and the service is already running
    - name: Restart systemd service
      when: systemd_service_definition.changed and not systemd_service_enabled.changed
      ansible.builtin.systemd:
        name: "{{ XP_SERVICE_NAME }}"
        state: restarted
        daemon_reload: yes

Running the Ansible playbook

Assuming you already have an ansible inventory file called hosts you can run the playbook by running this command:

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts xp-systemd.yaml

Once the playbook has finished, XP should be up and running using systemd. See section Useful commands to check logs.

Manual setup

Here we will do the exact same steps as are done in the ansible playbook. But in this case we will execute them manually.

To avoid making errors, lets set the XP_VERSION variable:

$ export XP_VERSION=7.7.1
Step 1, 2 and 4 only have to be executed the first time you setup Enonic XP with systemd.
  1. Set correct vm.max_map_count.

$ echo "vm.max_map_count=262144" > "/etc/sysctl.d/99-xp.conf"
$ sysctl --system
  1. Create a user and group for XP.

$ groupadd -f xp
$ useradd --gid xp --system xp
  1. Download and extract the desired distribution into /opt/enonic/distros.

First create the required directories:

$ install -d -m 0755 -o xp -g xp /opt/enonic/distros
$ install -d -m 0755 -o xp -g xp /opt/enonic/home

Then download the distribution:

$ su -m xp -c "wget -q -c https://repo.enonic.com/public/com/enonic/xp/enonic-xp-linux-server/${XP_VERSION}/enonic-xp-linux-server-${XP_VERSION}.tgz -O - | tar -xz -C /opt/enonic/distros"
  1. Setup the XP home folder at /opt/enonic/home.

$ cp -rp /opt/enonic/distros/enonic-xp-linux-server-${XP_VERSION}/home/* /opt/enonic/home
  1. Create a systemd service file using the desired distro.

$ cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/xp.service
[Unit]
Description=Enonic XP
Documentation=https://developer.enonic.com/docs
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
PrivateTmp=true
Environment=XP_INSTALL=/opt/enonic/distros/enonic-xp-linux-server-${XP_VERSION}
Environment=XP_JAVA_HOME=/opt/enonic/distros/enonic-xp-linux-server-${XP_VERSION}/jdk
Environment=XP_HOME=/opt/enonic/distros/home
Environment=XP_OPTS=-Xms1G -Xmx1G

User=xp
Group=xp

ExecStart=/opt/enonic/distros/enonic-xp-linux-server-${XP_VERSION}/bin/server.sh

StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=inherit

LimitNOFILE=65536
LimitNPROC=4096
LimitAS=infinity
LimitFSIZE=infinity

KillSignal=SIGTERM
KillMode=process
SendSIGKILL=no
SuccessExitStatus=143

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
  1. Start the systemd service.

$ systemctl daemon-reload
$ systemctl enable --now xp.service

XP should now be up and running using systemd. See section Useful commands to check logs.

Useful commands

View Enonic XP logs:

$ journalctl -u xp.service

Stop Enonic XP:

$ systemctl stop xp.service

Start Enonic XP:

$ systemctl start xp.service

Restart Enonic XP:

$ systemctl restart xp.service

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