Configuring FME Flow as a System Service (Linux)

You can configure FME Flow as a system service that starts when you start your system. You should do this only if you have set up system services before and understand the different run levels on your system.

Warning Configuring scripts to run at start-up on Linux is an advanced task. The steps for doing so vary, depending on your configuration. Use the steps listed in this section as a guide only.

FME Flow is composed of a series of components, and each component has its own scripts. Both systemd and SysV scripts are provided.

Configuring with systemd Scripts

Getting Started

The following FME Flow systemd startup scripts are provided upon installation:

<FMEFlowDir>/Server/startup/systemd/fmeflow-appserver.service
<FMEFlowDir>/Server/startup/systemd/fmeflow-cleanup.service
<FMEFlowDir>/Server/startup/systemd/fmeflow-core.service
<FMEFlowDir>/Server/startup/systemd/fmeflow-database.service
<FMEFlowDir>/Server/startup/systemd/fmeflow-engines.service
<FMEFlowDir>/Server/startup/systemd/fmeflow-websocket.service

Copy these scripts and place them in the following directory, depending on your privilege level:

root privilege: /etc/systemd/system/
user-level privilege (no system administration rights): /usr/lib/systemd/system/

If the Web Application Server component of FME Flow is configured for communication on a port under 1024, this service runs as the root user. Open fmeflow-appserver.service and remove the following lines:

User=fmeflow

Group=fmeflow

Create a new folder tomcat in /var/run with fmeflow:fmeflow ownership.
Change ownership of tomcat logs in /opt/fmeflow/Utilities/tomcat/logs/ to fmeflow:fmeflow.

To enable startup scripts to run at system boot time

Run the following command for each script:

systemctl enable *.service

For example:

systemctl enable fmeflow-core.service

To disable startup scripts from running at system boot time

Run the following command for each script:

systemctl disable *.service

For example:

systemctl disable fmeflow-core.service

To start services manually

Run the following command for each script:

systemctl start *.service

For example:

systemctl start fmeflow-core.service

To stop services manually

Run the following command for each script:

systemctl stop *.service

For example:

systemctl stop fmeflow-core.service