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External script for homebrew to simplify starting services via launchctl, out of the box support for any formula which implements #startup_plist. (This version fixes the deprecation warning raised on Formula.resolve_alias.)
#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w
# brew-services(1) - Easily start and stop formulas via launchctl
# ===============================================================
#
# ## SYNOPSIS
#
# [<sudo>] `brew services` `list`<br>
# [<sudo>] `brew services` `restart` <formula><br>
# [<sudo>] `brew services` `start` <formula> [<plist>]<br>
# [<sudo>] `brew services` `stop` <formula><br>
# [<sudo>] `brew services` `cleanup`<br>
#
# ## DESCRIPTION
#
# Integrates homebrew formulas with MacOS X' `launchctl` manager. Services
# can either be added to `/Library/LaunchDaemons` or `~/Library/LaunchAgents`.
# Basically items added to `/Library/LaunchDaemons` are started at boot,
# those in `~/Library/LaunchAgents` at login.
#
# When started with `sudo` it operates on `/Library/LaunchDaemons`, else
# in the user space.
#
# Basically on `start` the plist file is generated and written to a `Tempfile`,
# then copied to the launch path (existing plists are overwritten).
#
# ## OPTIONS
#
# To access everything quickly, some aliases have been added:
#
# * `rm`:
# Shortcut for `cleanup`, because that's basically whats being done.
#
# * `ls`:
# Because `list` is too much to type :)
#
# * `reload', 'r':
# Alias for `restart`, which gracefully restarts selected service.
#
# * `load`, `s`:
# Alias for `start`, guess what it does...
#
# * `unload`, `term`, `t`:
# Alias for `stop`, stops and unloads selected service.
#
# ## SYNTAX
#
# Several existing formulas (like mysql, nginx) already write custom plist
# files to the formulas prefix. Most of these implement `#startup_plist`
# which then in turn returns a neat-o plist file as string.
#
# `brew services` operates on `#startup_plist` as well and requires
# supporting formulas to implement it. This method should either string
# containing the generated XML file, or return a `Pathname` instance which
# points to a plist template, or a hash like:
#
# { :url => "https://gist.github.com/raw/534777/63c4698872aaef11fe6e6c0c5514f35fd1b1687b/nginx.plist.xml" }
#
# Some simple template parsing is performed, all variables like `{{name}}` are
# replaced by basically doing:
# `formula.send('name').to_s if formula.respond_to?('name')`, a bit like
# mustache. So any variable in the `Formula` is available as template
# variable, like `{{var}}`, `{{bin}}` usw.
#
# ## EXAMPLES
#
# Install and start service mysql at boot:
#
# $ brew install mysql
# $ sudo brew services start mysql
#
# Stop service mysql (when launched at boot):
#
# $ sudo brew services stop mysql
#
# Start memcached at login:
#
# $ brew install memcached
# $ brew services start memcached
#
# List all running services for current user, and root:
#
# $ brew services list
# $ sudo brew services list
#
# ## BUGS
#
# `brew-services.rb` might not handle all edge cases, though it tries
# to fix problems by running `brew services cleanup`.
#
# ## COPYRIGHT
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 Lukas Westermann <lukas@at-point.ch>
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
# THE SOFTWARE.
#
module ServicesCli
class << self
# Binary name.
def bin; "brew services" end
# Path to launchctl binary.
def launchctl; "/bin/launchctl" end
# Wohoo, we are root dude!
def root?; Process.uid == 0 end
# Current user, i.e. owner of `HOMEBREW_CELLAR`.
def user; @user ||= %x{/usr/bin/stat -f '%Su' #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR} 2>/dev/null}.chomp || %x{/usr/bin/whoami}.chomp end
# Run at boot.
def boot_path; Pathname.new("/Library/LaunchDaemons") end
# Run at login.
def user_path; Pathname.new(ENV['HOME'] + '/Library/LaunchAgents') end
# If root returns `boot_path` else `user_path`.
def path; root? ? boot_path : user_path end
# Print warning message, which looks similar to homebrew's.
def eww(msg); STDERR.puts("#{Tty.red}Warning#{Tty.reset}: #{msg}"); true end
# Display error message and fail using `abort` if `fail == true`.
def argh(msg, fail = true); "#{Tty.red}Error#{Tty.reset}: #{msg}".tap { |s| fail ? abort(s) : STDERR.puts(s) } end
# Find all currently running services via launchctl list
def running; %x{#{launchctl} list | grep com.github.homebrew}.chomp.split("\n").map { |svc| $1 if svc =~ /(com\.github\.homebrew\..+)\z/ }.compact end
# Check if running as homebre and load required libraries et al.
def homebrew!
abort("Runtime error: homebrew is required, please start via `#{bin} ...`") unless defined?(HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATH)
%w{fileutils pathname tempfile formula}.each { |req| require(req) }
self.send(:extend, ::FileUtils)
::Formula.send(:include, Service::PlistSupport)
end
# Access current service
def service; @service ||= Service.new(Formula.factory(@formula)) if @formula end
# Print usage and `exit(...)` with supplied exit code, if code
# is set to `false`, then exit is ignored.
def usage(code = 0)
puts "usage: [sudo] #{bin} [--help] <command> [<formula>]"
puts
puts "Small wrapper around `launchctl` for supported formulas, commands available:"
puts " cleanup Get rid of stale services and unused plists"
puts " list List all services managed by `#{bin}`"
puts " restart Gracefully restart selected service"
puts " start Start selected service"
puts " stop Stop selected service"
puts
puts "Options, sudo and paths:"
puts
puts " sudo When run as root, operates on #{boot_path} (run at boot!)"
puts " Run at boot: #{boot_path}"
puts " Run at login: #{user_path}"
puts
exit(code) unless exit == false
true
end
# Run and start the command loop.
def run!
homebrew!
usage if ARGV.empty? || ARGV.include?('help') || ARGV.include?('--help') || ARGV.include?('-h')
# parse arguments
@args = ARGV.reject { |arg| arg[0] == 45 }.map { |arg| arg.include?("/") ? arg : arg.downcase } # 45.chr == '-'
@cmd = @args.shift
@formula = @args.shift
# dispatch commands and aliases
case @cmd
when 'cleanup', 'clean', 'cl', 'rm' then cleanup
when 'list', 'ls' then list
when 'restart', 'relaunch', 'reload', 'r' then check and restart
when 'start', 'launch', 'load', 's', 'l' then check and start
when 'stop', 'unload', 'terminate', 'term', 't', 'u' then check and stop
else
argh "Unknown command `#{@cmd}`", false
usage(1)
end
end
# Check if formula has been found
def check
argh("Formula missing, please provide a formula name") unless service
true
end
# List all running services with PID and status and path to plist file, if available
def list
eww("No %s services controlled by `#{bin}` running..." % [root? ? 'root' : 'user-space']) and return if running.empty?
running.each do |label|
if svc = Service.from(label)
status = !svc.dest.file? ? "#{Tty.red}stale " : "#{Tty.white}started"
puts "%-10.10s %s#{Tty.reset} %7s %s" % [svc.name, status, svc.pid ? svc.pid.to_s : '-', svc.dest.file? ? svc.dest : label]
else
puts "%-10.10s #{Tty.red}unknown#{Tty.reset} %7s #{label}" % ["?", "-"]
end
end
end
# Kill services without plist file and remove unused plists
def cleanup
cleaned = []
# 1. kill services which have no plist file
running.each do |label|
if svc = Service.from(label)
if !svc.dest.file?
puts "%-15.15s #{Tty.white}stale#{Tty.reset} => killing service..." % svc.name
kill(svc)
cleaned << label
end
else
eww "Service #{label} not managed by `#{bin}` => skipping"
end
end
# 2. remove unused plist files
Dir[path + 'com.github.homebrew.*.plist'].each do |file|
unless running.include?(File.basename(file).sub(/\.plist$/i, ''))
puts "Removing unused plist #{file}"
rm file
cleaned << file
end
end
puts "All #{root? ? 'root' : 'user-space'} services OK, nothing cleaned..." if cleaned.empty?
end
# Stop if loaded, then start again
def restart
stop if service.loaded?
start
end
# Start a service
def start
argh "Service `#{service.name}` already started, use `#{bin} restart #{service.name}`" if service.loaded?
custom_plist = @args.first
if custom_plist
if custom_plist =~ %r{\Ahttps?://.+}
custom_plist = { :url => custom_plist }
elsif File.exist?(custom_plist)
custom_plist = Pathname.new(custom_plist)
else
argh "#{custom_plist} is not a url or exising file"
end
end
argh "Formula `#{service.name}` not installed, #startup_plist not implemented or no plist file found" if !custom_plist && !service.plist?
temp = Tempfile.new(service.label)
temp << service.generate_plist(custom_plist)
temp.flush
rm service.dest if service.dest.exist?
cp temp.path, service.dest
# clear tempfile
temp.close
safe_system launchctl, "load", "-w", service.dest.to_s
$?.to_i != 0 ? argh("Failed to start `#{service.name}`") : ohai("Successfully started `#{service.name}` as #{service.label}")
end
# Stop a service or kill if no plist file available...
def stop
unless service.loaded?
rm service.dest if service.dest.exist? # get rid of installed plist anyway, dude
argh "Service `#{service.name}` not running, wanna start it? Try `#{bin} start #{service.name}`"
end
if service.dest.exist?
puts "Stopping `#{service.name}`... (might take a while)"
safe_system launchctl, "unload", "-w", service.dest.to_s
$?.to_i != 0 ? argh("Failed to stop `#{service.name}`") : ohai("Successfully stopped `#{service.name}` via #{service.label}")
else
puts "Stopping stale service `#{service.name}`... (might take a while)"
kill(service)
end
rm service.dest if service.dest.exist?
end
# Kill service without plist file by issuing a `launchctl remove` command
def kill(svc)
safe_system launchctl, "remove", svc.label
argh("Failed to remove `#{svc.name}`, try again?") unless $?.to_i == 0
while svc.loaded?
puts " ...checking status"
sleep(5)
end
ohai "Successfully stopped `#{svc.name}` via #{svc.label}"
end
end
end
# Wrapper for a formula to handle service related stuff like parsing
# and generating the plist file.
class Service
# Support module which will be used to extend Formula with a method :)
module PlistSupport
# As a replacement value for `<key>UserName</key>`.
def startup_user; ServicesCli.user end
end
# Access the `Formula` instance
attr_reader :formula
# Create a new `Service` instance from either a path or label.
def self.from(path_or_label)
return nil unless path_or_label =~ /com\.github\.homebrew\.([^\.]+)(\.plist)?\z/
new(Formula.factory($1)) rescue nil
end
# Initialize new `Service` instance with supplied formula.
def initialize(formula); @formula = formula end
# Delegate access to `formula.name`.
def name; @name ||= formula.name end
# Label, static, always looks like `com.github.homebrew.<formula>`.
def label; @label ||= "com.github.homebrew.#{name}" end
# Path to a static plist file, this is always `com.github.homebrew.<formula>.plist`.
def plist; @plist ||= formula.prefix + "#{label}.plist" end
# Path to destination plist, if run as root it's in `boot_path`, else `user_path`.
def dest; (ServicesCli.root? ? ServicesCli.boot_path : ServicesCli.user_path) + "#{label}.plist" end
# Returns `true` if formula implements #startup_plist or file exists.
def plist?; formula.installed? && (plist.file? || formula.respond_to?(:startup_plist)) end
# Returns `true` if service is loaded, else false.
def loaded?; %x{#{ServicesCli.launchctl} list | grep #{label} 2>/dev/null}.chomp =~ /#{label}\z/ end
# Get current PID of daemon process from launchctl.
def pid
status = %x{#{ServicesCli.launchctl} list | grep #{label} 2>/dev/null}.chomp
return $1.to_i if status =~ /\A([\d]+)\s+.+#{label}\z/
end
# Generate that plist file, dude.
def generate_plist(data = nil)
data ||= plist.file? ? plist : formula.startup_plist
if data.respond_to?(:file?) && data.file?
data = data.read
elsif data.respond_to?(:keys) && data.keys.include?(:url)
require 'open-uri'
data = open(data).read
end
# replace "template" variables and ensure label is always, always com.github.homebrew.<formula>
data = data.to_s.gsub(/\{\{([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)\}\}/i) { |m| formula.send($1).to_s if formula.respond_to?($1) }.
gsub(%r{(<key>Label</key>\s*<string>)[^<]*(</string>)}, '\1' + label + '\2')
# and force fix UserName, if necessary
if formula.startup_user != "root" && data =~ %r{<key>UserName</key>\s*<string>root</string>}
data = data.gsub(%r{(<key>UserName</key>\s*<string>)[^<]*(</string>)}, '\1' + formula.startup_user + '\2')
elsif ServicesCli.root? && formula.startup_user != "root" && data !~ %r{<key>UserName</key>}
data = data.gsub(%r{(</dict>\s*</plist>)}, " <key>UserName</key><string>#{formula.startup_user}</string>\n\\1")
end
if ARGV.verbose?
ohai "Generated plist for #{formula.name}:"
puts " " + data.gsub("\n", "\n ")
puts
end
data
end
end
# Start the cli dispatch stuff.
#
ServicesCli.run!
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dbrock commented Jan 2, 2012

Hey, how about making this into a gem? :D

@bryanveloso
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@dbrock: I'll have to learn how to make a Gem first, but I'd be willing to do that!

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dbrock commented Jan 2, 2012

Cool! :-) It’s easy:

set -e

mkdir brew-services
pushd !$

mkdir bin
curl https://raw.github.com/gist/1446575/brew-services.rb -o bin/brew-services
chmod +x !$

echo 'Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
  gem.name = "brew-services"
  gem.version = "0.0.1"
  gem.author = "Bryan Veloso"
  gem.email = "bryan@github.com"
  gem.summary = "Easily start and stop formulas via launchctl"
  gem.homepage = "http://github.com/bryanveloso/brew-services"
  gem.executable = "brew-services"
  gem.files = %w[bin/brew-services]
end
' > brew-services.gemspec

git init .
echo '*.gem' > .gitignore
git add .
git commit -m "Import from https://gist.github.com/1446575."
github create-from-local

gem build brew-services.gemspec
gem push brew-services-0.0.1.gem

echo Thanks for making the thing\! :-)

@statique
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In case it is not obvious, copy the script to /usr/local/bin and drop the .rb file extension. This will allow you to run brew services command locally in any folder.

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joeunrue commented Jul 1, 2013

So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I always get
"Runtime error: homebrew is required, please start via brew services ..."
when I try to run brew services.

I have homebrew installed, but I'm not sure where the HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATH is being set. I removed that line from the script and re-ran it and the error it gives me makes me think that if homebrew was loaded correctly that global variable would be set.

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Nevermind; apparently this made it into homebrew proper. All I had to do to get your script to work was to delete it. :)

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