tinc 1.1pre. How to automatically start vpn tunnels? How to change the installation/config path to the same as tinc 1.0.x version from ubuntu repository?

[Guus Sliepen]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 07:02:29PM +0100, Håvard Rabbe wrote:

> I have compiled and installed tinc 1.1pre5 on a ubuntu machine.
> 
> With the tinc 1.0.x version that is included in the ubuntu repository I am used to having the config files in /etc/tinc/  and where each vpn has a own directory.
> The file nets.boot placed in /etc/tinc where I can specify which vpn tunnels that is going to start automatically.
> 
> How can I get the vpn tunnels to start automatically in the tinc 1.1pre5 version that I have compiled and installed my self?
> 
> How can I change the installation path when I install 1.1pre5? Or is it maybe only config path I need to change?
> It now looks for config in /usr/local/etc/tinc
> I found out that it is probably something withe the "./configure --prefix=path" but I don't now what to type in to get the same location as in the tinc 1.0.x version.

You can write:

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var

This will configure tinc to read the configuration files from /etc/tinc, and
will put its PID file in /var/run, just like the Ubuntu package of tinc 1.0.x.
The binaries will then still be installed in /usr/local/sbin, so it will not
conflict with any package you have also installed.

I've attached the init script from the 1.1~pre4 package from Debian's
experimental repository. You should change the paths to tincd and tincctl to
match where they are installed.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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#! /bin/sh
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          tinc
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network
# Should-Start:      $syslog $named
# Should-Stop:       $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start tinc daemons
# Description:       Create a file $NETSFILE (/etc/tinc/nets.boot),
#                    and put all the names of the networks in there.
#                    These names must be valid directory names under
#                    $TCONF (/etc/tinc). Lines starting with a # will be
#                    ignored in this file.
### END INIT INFO
#
# Based on Lubomir Bulej's Redhat init script.

DAEMON="/usr/sbin/tincd"
CONTROL="/usr/sbin/tincctl"
NAME="tinc"
DESC="tinc daemons"
TCONF="/etc/tinc"
NETSFILE="$TCONF/nets.boot"
NETS=""

test -f $DAEMON || exit 0

[ -r /etc/default/tinc ] && . /etc/default/tinc

# foreach_net "what-to-say" action [arguments...]
foreach_net() {
  if [ ! -f $NETSFILE ] ; then
    echo "Please create $NETSFILE."
    exit 0
  fi
  echo -n "$1"
  shift
  egrep '^[ ]*[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+' $NETSFILE | while read net args; do
    echo -n " $net"
    case "$1" in
      start) $CONTROL -n $net start -- $EXTRA $args ;;
      *) $CONTROL -n $net $1 ;;
    esac
  done
  echo "."
}

signal_running() {
  for i in /var/run/tinc.*pid; do
    if [ -f "$i" ]; then
      head -1 $i | while read pid junk; do
        kill -$1 $pid
      done
    fi
  done
}

setlimits() {
  while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    parm=$1 ; shift
    if [ -n "$1" -a "${1#-}" = "$1" ]; then
      value=$1 ; shift
      ulimit $parm $value
    else
      ulimit $parm
    fi
  done
}

test -n "$LIMITS" && setlimits $LIMITS

case "$1" in
  start)
    foreach_net "Starting $DESC:" start
  ;;
  stop)
    foreach_net "Stopping $DESC:" stop
  ;;
  reload|force-reload)
    foreach_net "Reloading $DESC configuration:" reload
  ;;
  restart)
    foreach_net "Restarting $DESC:" restart
  ;;
  force-restart)
    $0 stop
    $0 start
  ;;
  retry)
    signal_running ALRM
  ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload|retry}"
    exit 1
  ;;
esac

exit 0
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