Creating a LaunchDaemon for Gitblit

Question

I want to create a LaunchDaemon on OSX Mavericks for my Gitblit, this is my file (org.gitblit.plist):

<?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>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.gitblit.plist</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/usr/bin/java</string>
      <string>--baseFolder</string>
      <string>data</string>
      <string>-jar</string>
      <string>/Applications/gitblit/gitblit.jar</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>

It's not working, but when I try java -jar gitblit.jar --baseFolder data on /Applications/gitblit everything works fine. Am I missing something?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '13 at 06:08

So I finally ended up cheating like this:

I saved this script on /opt/scripts/start_gitblit.sh:

#!/bin/bash
cd /Applications/gitblit/
java -jar gitblit.jar --baseFolder data

Then I stored this property list on ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.gitblit.plist:

<?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>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.gitblit.plist</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/bin/bash</string>
      <string>/opt/scripts/start_gitblit.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>

Everything is working now.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '14 at 06:08

The Gitblit GO distribution comes with a shell script gitblit.sh that will work for this purpose. This is the version of the LaunchAgent plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.gitblit.plist I used.

Note the addition of the WorkingDirectory key, as well as log files in case of errors.

<?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>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.gitblit.plist</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/bin/bash</string>
      <string>/Applications/gitblit/gitblit.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/Applications/gitblit/</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Applications/gitblit/stdout.txt</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/Applications/gitblit/sterr.txt</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

Creating a LaunchDaemon for Gitblit

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