Shepherd
GNU Shepherd
https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/
System service manager
The GNU Shepherd is a daemon-managing daemon, meaning that it supervises the execution of system services, replacing similar functionality found in typical init systems. It provides dependency-handling through a convenient interface and is based on GNU Guile.
Shepherd may also be used by unprivileged users to manage per-user daemons (e.g., tor, privoxy, mcron, etc.).
Documentation
User manual available at https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/manual/Selection from the FSF shop
Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman
Introduction to the Command Line
Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement
If you have corrections to this entry or questions about it, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org
This is a GNU package:shepherd
Download
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-0.8.1.tar.gz
version 0.8.1
(stable)
released on 3 June 2020
OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-0.8.1.tar.gz.sig
User level
Intermediate
Donate link
https://my.fsf.org/donate/Accepts cryptocurrency donations.
Paid support
https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/VCS Checkout
git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/shepherd.gitCategories
Related Projects
- Daemontools
- Rc.d
- Simpleinit
- Minit
- Depinit
- Daemond
- Pinit
- Initng
- Launchd
- Einit
- Upstart
- Sysvinit
- Systemd
- Procd
- Openrc
- Epoch
- Sinit
- Gnustandards
Licensing
License
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Notes
License
Verified by
Genium
Verified on
21 April 2020
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Ludovic Courtès | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah (Ref) | Homepage | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/shepherd/ |
| FTP | Download | ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/ |
| Savannah | VCS Repository Webview | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/shepherd.git/ |
| Translation Project | General | https://translationproject.org/domain/shepherd.html |
| bug-Guix Info Page | Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix/ |
| Savannah | General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ |
| Guix-devel Info Page | Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel/ |
| Wikidata | General | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21194368 |
| gnu-system-discuss Info Page | Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ |
| FTP | Download | ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/ |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Source requirement | GNU Guile version 2.0.13 or later |
| Required to build | GNU Make |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 3 June 2020.
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