Commands /etc/init/boot.local get started before some environment variables get initialized

Question

I have OpenSuse 11.4.

I start some on-boot scripts inside /etc/init/boot.local.

Where could I move those scripts so that they would be started after all (most) environment variables got initialized?

These scripts need to be started really once, so things such as /etc/profile.local aren't candidates.

I try to start Sonar, which searches for Java in some strange way (instead just by look up JAVA_HOME), and it fails to find Java (logs don't tell me exactly why). From command line, after boot, it can be started (as root and as user).

I suppose, there are some environment variables which get initialized inside services. Can it be that way?

EDIT: sonar.sh from sonar/bin/linux-x86-64
EDIT: sonar.log from sonar/logs

quanta · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-22T08:28:30.920

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I'm not familiar with openSUSE, but in my opinion, the best way is export the environment variables before starting the services in /etc/init/boot.local.

EDIT

Unable to start JVM: No such file or directory

Does JAVA_HOME/bin/ is already in your PATH?

edited Aug 22 '11 at 08:28

answered Aug 21 '11 at 11:08

quanta

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Well, as I sad, I don't know *how* Solar is searching for Java. It's *not* `JAVA_HOME` or other well-known variables, because they *are* set early enough. – java.is.for.desktop Aug 21 '11 at 13:16
Could you please post the init script for Solar? – quanta Aug 21 '11 at 13:53
@quenta done, edited question – java.is.for.desktop Aug 21 '11 at 21:16
What error you get when starting `sonar.sh`? – quanta Aug 22 '11 at 02:07
@quante see 2nd edit: log messages, such as "wrapper started as daemon", do not appear inside the script pasted before. – java.is.for.desktop Aug 22 '11 at 08:10
Insert `export JAVA_HOME=...` and `export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin` into `start()` function and try again. – quanta Aug 22 '11 at 08:33
Well, it seems that it was `$JAVA_HOME/bin`, I just added the line `. /etc/profile.local` right before `sonar.sh` inside `/etc/init.d/boot.local` and now it works! ;) – java.is.for.desktop Aug 22 '11 at 10:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '11 at 19:51

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Normally global variables are not initialized in init-scripts. The variables you need get propably initialized in your shell by /etc/profile.local or some other shell-configuration file.

If a java is being found from the shell where is it located?

answered Aug 21 '11 at 19:51

Nils

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In general, for init scripts either use the fully qualified path to the executable and setup the exact environment variables you need. – Joshua Hoblitt Aug 22 '11 at 09:32

Commands /etc/init/boot.local get started before some environment variables get initialized

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