May 2021
Intermediate to advanced
758 pages
16h 17m
English
In the previous chapter, we looked at the classic System V init and state-of-the-art systemd programs. We also touched on BusyBox's minimal init program. Now, it is time to look at BusyBox's implementation of the runit program. BusyBox runit strikes a sensible balance between the simplicity of System V init and the flexibility of systemd. For this reason, the full version of runit is used in popular modern Linux distributions like Void. While systemd may dominate the cloud, it is usually overkill for many embedded Linux systems. BusyBox runit offers advanced features such as service supervision and dedicated service logging without the complexity and overhead of systemd.
In this chapter, I will show you ...