Ubuntu - run a program at startup

englishpremier · 26 Apr 2013 at 14:27

I've got a dynamic IP address so I'm using no-ip to map that to a domain so I can access ssh and other goodies when away from home.

I've got everything setup and working but I need to get no-ip to run at boot. Probably at around the same time my lamp and AFS servers start up.

How do I do that in Ubuntu 13.04?

The call I use to the run the program is simply

Code:

sudo noip2

Thanks

deadite66 · 26 Apr 2013 at 16:38

you can make a text file in /etc/init.d with the noip2 line (no sudo needed)
make it executable with chmod +x filename
then get it to run at boot with update-rc.d filename defaults

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/man8/update-rc.d.8.html

inSilica · 27 Apr 2013 at 23:41

I find instead of messing about with init.d, a method which has always served me well is by employing crontab and @Reboot scriptPath. I've deployed this method successfully in many linux environments.

Just need the user to be in cron group.

geuben · 27 Apr 2013 at 23:46

Just put "noip2" in /etc/rc.local, you might want to fully qualify the path.

rc.local is executed after everything else on the system has started up (services etc)