rackmon
Ubuntu
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/rackmon-host-agent.service >/dev/null <<'EOF' [Unit] Description=Rackmon host agent Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Service] Type=simple User=root WorkingDirectory=/root ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /root/rackmon_host_agent.py Restart=always RestartSec=5 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF
systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable --now rackmon-host-agent.service systemctl status rackmon-host-agent.service
Darwin
sudo tee /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rackmon.hostagent.plist >/dev/null <<'EOF'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.rackmon.hostagent</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin/python3</string>
<string>/Users/ai/rackmon_host_agent.py</string>
</array>
<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
<string>/Users/ai</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/var/log/rackmon_host_agent.log</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/var/log/rackmon_host_agent.err</string>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
Fix perms and start
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rackmon.hostagent.plist sudo chmod 644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rackmon.hostagent.plist sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rackmon.hostagent.plist sudo launchctl enable system/com.rackmon.hostagent sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.rackmon.hostagent
check status
sudo launchctl print system/com.rackmon.hostagent tail -f /var/log/rackmon_host_agent.log tail -f /var/log/rackmon_host_agent.err
To stop/unload
sudo launchctl bootout system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rackmon.hostagent.plist
rackmon.txt · Last modified: 2026/05/06 05:12 by kenson
