This documentation is for an older version of HVR.

How to Start HVR as Service Using Inetd in Linux

Question

How can I start HVR as a service using inetd in Linux?

Environment

HVR 5

Answer

This article explains how to run HVR as a service rather than starting the hvrremotelistener on a remote machine. For the purpose of this article, we will see how the service can be started on tcp port 4343.

Steps

As the root user, or a user with sudo privilege, edit the file called inetd.conf in the directory /etc to add the following contents:

 hvr stream tcp nowait root /home/hvr/hvr_home/bin/hvr hvr -r -plogin -EHVR_HOME=/home/hvr/hvr_home -EHVR_CONFIG=/home/hvr/hvr_config -EHVR_TMP=tmp

As the root user, or a user with sudo privilege, add below line to the services file in the directory /etc.
```
 hvr  4343/tcp              # hvr service
```
- Server arguments should be option –plogin for PAM authentication
- Environment variable for $HVR_HOME should be path of hvr_home on your machine
- Environment variable for $HVR_CONFIG should be path of hvr_config on your machine
- Environment variable for $HVR_TMP can be any tmp location on your machine
Start the service using the command below:
```
 $ /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start
```
Verify whether the service is running using the command below:
```
$ /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd status
```

The above setup allows you to start HVR as a service. There is no need to start hvrremotelistener every time. This service is started whenever the system is rebooted.