[VCL-966] Ubuntu not detecting SysV-controlled services if chkconfig is not installed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Workaround
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.5
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Andrew Kurth
• Reporter: Andrew Kurth
• Created: 14/Jul/16 19:37
• Updated: 30/May/17 17:42
• Resolved: 04/May/17 19:48

Description

SysV-controlled services are not being correctly detected in Ubuntu if the chkconfig utility is not installed. An example is xRDP. When installed via apt-get, the xRDP service is controlled by SysV. The service appears if you run service --status-all:

 [ + ]  xrdp

The code is attempting to call chkconfig. On Ubuntu 14 and possibly others, this utility is not available on recent versions of Ubuntu.

As a result, warnings are generated in vcld.log:

Linux.pm:command_exists|5567|'chkconfig' command does NOT exist on vm1, command: which chkconfig
Linux.pm:service_exists|3438|'xrdp' service is not controlled by Upstart init module (0)
Linux.pm:service_exists|3443|'xrdp' service does not exist on vm1