Installing two copies of v4 as a service

[Dinant]

I want to install two versions of CumulusMX on one instance of Debian 12.5. Both as a service.
The installalation of both CumulusMX went fine. I installed the first in /opt/CumulusMX and the second in /opt/CumulusMX2.
Now I want to install both as a service.
The first seems to setup fine but for the second the cumulusmx.service file in /etc/systemd/system is overwritten by the second install as a service.
I am using the following command lines to setup as a service:

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cd /opt/CumulusMX
dotnet CumulusMX.dll -install -user admin -group admin -port 8998 -lang nl-NL

cd /opt/CumulusMX2
dotnet CumulusMX.dll -install -user admin -group admin -port 8999 -lang nl-NL

Do I have to edit the service files manually or am i missing something?
Maybe it is a good idea to name the file in /etc/systemd/system according to a command line option -service cumulusmx.service. Default value if the command line option is not present could be the same.

[mcrossley]

You will have to do the second instance manually. The install option currently only copes with a single instance.

[martk1972]

You will have to do the second instance manually. The install option currently only copes with a single instance.

I'm having the same problems, can you explain how to manually start a second instance of the cumulusmx service.

Thanks.

[mcrossley]

Copy the existing cumulusmx.service file in /etc/systemd/system/ to say cumulusmx2.service
Edit the cumulusmx2.service file
Change the WorkingDirectory= line to reflect the path to your second instance of MX,
Change the ExecStart= line and add the parameter "-port 8999"
Save the cumulusmx2.service file
Reload the configuration with the command > systemctl daemon-reload
You should now have two services you can control "cumulusmx" and "cumulusmx2"

You could also change the Description= line in the config file to something descriptive of your second istance

[mcrossley]

In the next v4 build I have added a new optional parameter to -install and -uninstall of -servicename, it defaults to "cumulusmx"

[Dinant]

That's good news. I'll test it with the following beta version.

[water01]

Copy the existing cumulusmx.service file in /etc/system/system/ to say cumulusmx2.service
Edit the cumulusmx2.service file
Change the WorkingDirectoty= line to reflect the path to your second instance of MX,
Change the ExecStart= line and add the parameter "-port 8999"
Save the cumulusmx2.service file
Reload the configuration with the command > systemctl daemon-reload
You should now have two services you can control "cumulusmx" and "cumulusmx2"

You could also change the Description= line in the config file to something descriptive of your second istance

Mark , I believe that the user that asked for these instructions is a Windows 11 user, whereas these instructions are for a Linux install.

[mcrossley]

Ah. Ok, the thread is about Linux though. On a phone you don't see the profile info with OS type.

[martk1972]

Mark , I believe that the user that asked for these instructions is a Windows 11 user, whereas these instructions are for a Linux install.

I'm running two instances of CumulusMX V4 simultaneously on Debian 12, sorry I didn't make this clear.

Copy the existing cumulusmx.service file in /etc/system/system/ to say cumulusmx2.service
Edit the cumulusmx2.service file
Change the WorkingDirectoty= line to reflect the path to your second instance of MX,
Change the ExecStart= line and add the parameter "-port 8999"
Save the cumulusmx2.service file
Reload the configuration with the command > systemctl daemon-reload
You should now have two services you can control "cumulusmx" and "cumulusmx2"

You could also change the Description= line in the config file to something descriptive of your second istance

Thank you Mark for the quick reply, your instructions worked perfectly.

[water01]

Mark , I believe that the user that asked for these instructions is a Windows 11 user, whereas these instructions are for a Linux install.

I'm running two instances of CumulusMX V4 simultaneously on Debian 12, sorry I didn't make this clear.

Copy the existing cumulusmx.service file in /etc/system/system/ to say cumulusmx2.service
Edit the cumulusmx2.service file
Change the WorkingDirectoty= line to reflect the path to your second instance of MX,
Change the ExecStart= line and add the parameter "-port 8999"
Save the cumulusmx2.service file
Reload the configuration with the command > systemctl daemon-reload
You should now have two services you can control "cumulusmx" and "cumulusmx2"

You could also change the Description= line in the config file to something descriptive of your second istance

Thank you Mark for the quick reply, your instructions worked perfectly.

Would you mind upgrading your profile to reflect that please, saves confusion.

[martk1972]

Would you mind upgrading your profile to reflect that please, saves confusion.

Done

[water01]

Thank you.

[philpugh]

Copy the existing cumulusmx.service file in /etc/system/system/ to say cumulusmx2.service
Edit the cumulusmx2.service file
Change the WorkingDirectoty= line to reflect the path to your second instance of MX,
Change the ExecStart= line and add the parameter "-port 8999"
Save the cumulusmx2.service file
Reload the configuration with the command > systemctl daemon-reload
You should now have two services you can control "cumulusmx" and "cumulusmx2"

Mark: the directory in the first line should be /etc/systemd/system/.

But it works other than that - I now have two systems running 4 b4017 without any issues I can see yet.

Phil

[mcrossley]

Thanks Phil, there were a couple of typos in there. I've fixed the original post now.

[Dinant]

I can confirm this new feature works in build 4018.