The old koha-common package shipped /lib/systemd/system/koha-common.service
while koha-systemd installs to /usr/lib/systemd/system. On a merged-/usr
Debian 12 host these are the same file through the /lib symlink, but
dpkg compares path strings, so Replaces does not apply and removing the
old package's copy can delete the file koha-systemd just unpacked
(the DEP-17 aliasing problem). Keep the units under lib/systemd/system,
the path the previous package used, so this is an ordinary takeover.
While here:
- koha-core gains Recommends: koha-systemd | koha-sysv. Installing it
alone previously gave helpers that fell back to the daemon(1) wrapper
that no longer gets installed.
- drop a stray comment from the Source stanza of control.in
- stop appending Perl dependencies to koha-common.substvars: the
metapackage no longer uses ${koha:Depends}
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@openfifth.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Pedro Amorim <pedro.amorim@openfifth.co.uk>
This patch introduces the koha-systemd package, which provides native
systemd service units for managing Koha instances. Each service type
(Plack, Zebra, SIP, Z3950, workers, indexers) is managed as a separate
systemd unit using instance templates.
The package includes:
- 8 service templates (plack, zebra, sip, z3950, worker, worker-long,
indexer, es-indexer)
- 2 target units (koha@.target for per-instance, koha.target for global)
- Helper script (koha-systemd-ctl) for managing services
All service units include:
- KOHA_HOME environment variable pointing to /usr/share/koha
- WorkingDirectory set to /var/lib/koha/%i
- Proper user/group permissions (%i-koha)
This allows granular control over individual services per instance and
leverages systemd features like dependency management, resource limits,
and journald logging.
Test plan:
1. Build and install the package
2. Enable services for an instance
3. Verify all services start correctly
4. Check journalctl logs show no errors
Signed-off-by: Tomás Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@theke.io>
Signed-off-by: Kyle M Hall <kyle@bywatersolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Renvoize <martin.renvoize@openfifth.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Pedro Amorim <pedro.amorim@openfifth.co.uk>
Martin Renvoize
Tomás Cohen Arazi