Eternal

Eternal is a lightweight and flexible Linux process manager

Get started

Download

Download the latest binary from releases.

Or build manually:

bash build.sh <arch>

Install

Normal

sudo mv eternal eternal-daemon /usr/local/bin/

sudo cp eternal-daemon.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable eternal-daemon
sudo systemctl start eternal-daemon

Container

Here is an example of a Dockerfile:

COPY eternal eternal-daemon /usr/local/bin/

RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/eternal /usr/local/bin/eternal-daemon

CMD ["/usr/local/bin/eternal-daemon"]

Usage

Eternal supports CLI and API access.

CLI

cat <<EOF > ~/.eternal/services/example.yaml
exec: /bin/sleep 100
dir: /tmp
EOF

# create service
eternal new example
# delete service
eternal delete example

# enable auto start
eternal enable example
# start now
eternal start example
# disable auto start
eternal disable example
# stop now
eternal stop example
# restart now
eternal restart example

API

Check api.md for API usage and testing.

Configuration

Services are stored in ~/.eternal/services/, add a YAML file for each service.

• exec: The command to run
• dir: The directory to run the command in

Example:

exec: /bin/sleep 100
dir: /tmp

Check configuration.md for more information.