Re: systemd service and /etc/default/

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 09:24:33PM -0700, Ludovico Cavedon wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 08:48:40PM -0700, Ludovico Cavedon wrote:
> >> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:40 AM, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> >> > 3) Teach ntopng to understand /etc/ntopng.conf natively and migrate the
> >> > settings there.
> >>
> >> yes, that would be an option. I forgot to add the requirement "without
> >> patching upstream code" :)
> >
> > Debian is not the only distribution that will ever encounter this
> > problem.  Rather than hacking around it downstream, why not fix it the
> > right way upstream?  /etc/default almost always represents a
> > Debian-specific hack.
> 
> Well, I do not see this as an upstream bug that needs to be fixed.
> If no interface is given, ntopng will autodetect the network
> interfaces. If you want to use a different set, you pass them to it on
> the command line.
> 
> I agree it could be improved by adding support for a separate
> configuration file, but upstream does not have any incentive right now
> in doing it, and I do not have the time/interest in working in a
> possible large patch to add support for new config file to ntopng.

Then, for now, I'd suggest migrating the settings in /etc/default/ntopng
to have a -i in front of each interface, and referencing that from the
.service file via EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ntopng .

- Josh Triplett