fix(sysv script): Improvement to sysv script for the vector process s…

…tart within background (#21370) * start() function update for vector daemon working on backgroud * spelling Signed-off-by: Jesse Szwedko <[email protected]> * change log upload * spell fix out * Update changelog.d/21370-improvement-to-sysv-script.md * fix changelog fragment name Signed-off-by: Jesse Szwedko <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: Jesse Szwedko <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Jesse Szwedko <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Jesse Szwedko <[email protected]>
vectordotdev · Oct 3, 2024 · 7086dfc · 7086dfc
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diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/expect.txt
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ enp
 enumdecl
 enumflags
 envsubst
-EOIG
 EOL'ed
 Err'ing
 errorf
@@ -442,7 +441,6 @@ Godbolt
 gogoproto
 gohai
 goldberg
-goldmark
 GPB
 gpgcheck
 gpgkey
@@ -745,6 +743,7 @@ nodebuginfo
 nodistro
 nofield
 nofree
+nohup
 nomac
 NONALPHANUM
 nonbare
@@ -825,6 +824,7 @@ peekable
 PEMS
 pgmajfault
 pgrep
+pidof
 PII
 Pitbull
 pkc

diff --git a/changelog.d/21370-improvement-to-sysv-script.fix.md b/changelog.d/21370-improvement-to-sysv-script.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The SysV init script now starts Vector in the background.
+
+authors: waltzbucks
diff --git a/distribution/init.d/vector b/distribution/init.d/vector
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ RETVAL=0
 # Start
 start() {
   echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-  daemon --pidfile=${pidfile} $vector $OPTIONS
+  daemon --pidfile=${pidfile} "nohup $vector </dev/null &> /dev/null &"
   RETVAL=$?
+  [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && pidof ${prog} > ${pidfile}
   echo
   return $RETVAL
 }