Atone is a Linux init-like process supervisor.

Atone is a tool for defining, running and monitoring single/multi-service Linux containers processes. With Atone, you can use a YAML file to configure your container's services. Then, with a single command, you start all the services from your configuration. To learn more about all the features of Atone, see the list of features.

Features

• Orphan-zombie process reaping
• Services spawn
• Services schedule
• Single-service mode
• Multi-service mode
• Automatic service restart
• Signal forwarding

Future features

• Services healthcheck

How to install

To install Atone, you must execute the install script or download a specific version from the releases page.

To install the latest version, execute the following command:

curl -sSL https://github.com/rodrigo-speller/atone/releases/download/latest/atone-install.sh | sh

A specific version can be installed by executing the following command:

# Replace the version number with the desired version tag
curl -sSL https://github.com/rodrigo-speller/atone/releases/download/v0.0.7/atone-install.sh | sh

How to use

Atone is a process supervisor. It is responsible for starting and monitoring processes. To assume this role, Atone must be executed as the main process of the container (PID 1 - At One 😉). For this, sets the command or the entrypoint of your container to starts atone. For example, if you are using Docker, you can set the CMD or ENTRYPOINT to atone.

Atone uses a YAML file to configure the services that needs to be started and monitored on the container. The default configuration file is /etc/atone.yaml. But, you can set a custom configuration file by setting the --config=<file> argument when executing atone.

CMD ["atone", "--config=/etc/atone.yaml"]

You can also use the -- argument to pass a single command to be executed by Atone. This is useful when you want to use Atone as a process supervisor for a single service on the container. For example, if you want to use Atone to start and monitor the nginx service, you can set the CMD or ENTRYPOINT to atone and pass the nginx command to be executed by Atone.

CMD ["atone" , "--", "nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

Command usage

Execute atone --help to see all available command arguments.

Usage:
  atone --config[=<file>] [options]
  atone [--name=<name>] [options] [--] <cmd> <args...>
  atone -h|--help
  atone -v|--version

Multi-services mode options:
  -c, --config=FILE    Specifies the configuration file.
                       (default: /etc/atone.yaml)

Single-service mode options:
  -n, --name=NAME      Specifies the service name.
                       (default: main)

General options:
  -l, --log=LEVEL      Defines the minimum log level.
                       (default: trace)
                       The value must be one of:
                           emergency, fatal, critical, error, warning, notice, information, debug or trace.
  -L, --logger=LOGGER  Defines the logger type.
                       (default: "terminal" for tty attached or "output")
                       The value must be one of:
                           output:     Logs to the output.
                           terminal:   Logs to the output.
                           syslog:     Logs to system log.
                           null:       Don't logs.
  -h, --help           Prints this help.
  -v, --version        Prints the version.

Sample configuration file

# Define the global settings for the container.
settings:
  # Set the working directory for the atone.
  workdir: /srv

# Define the services to be started and monitored by Atone.
services:

  # An example of a service that sleeps forever.
  sleeping-svc:
    # Set the command to be executed by the service.
    command: sleep infinity
    # Set the restart policy to restart the service.
    # Possible values: no, always, on-failure, unless-stopped.
    restart: always

  # An example of a service that sleeps for 5 seconds.
  five-seconds-svc:
    command: /bin/sh -c "echo 'Service 1'; sleep 5"
    restart: always

  # An example of a service that sleeps for 10 seconds.
  ten-seconds-svc:
    command: /bin/sh -c "echo 'Service 2'; sleep 10"
    restart: always

  # An example of a service scheduled to be executed every 5 minutes.
  # The service sleeps for 10 seconds then exits.
  scheduled-svc:
    # The schedule is a cron expression.
    schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
    command: /bin/sh -c "echo 'Scheduled service'; sleep 10"

To learn more about the configuration file, see the Atone configuration file.

How to code, build, run and debug

Atone project is written in C++ and uses the Makefile build system. This project is configured to be developed with VS Code with C/C++ extension. But you can use any other IDE or text editor.

How to build

Before building Atone, you need to install the following packages to build the project on your system:

Debian/Ubuntu prerequisites

Install the following packages:

sudo apt install build-essential gdb

Note: gdb is optional, but it is recommended to debug the program.

Another Linux distributions prerequisites

On other Linux distributions, you need to install the following packages:

• GNU C Compiler (GCC)
• GNU C++ Compiler (G++)
• GNU Make

If you want to contribute to the project, you can update this document, suggesting the packages to be installed in your distribution via pull request.

Build

Atone uses the Makefile build system. To build the project, run the following command with, optionally, the desired make flags:

make

Optional make flags:

• DEBUG=1: Enable debug symbols.
• VERBOSE=1: Enable verbose output.

Run and debug

This project is configured to be developed with VS Code by default. To run and debug the project, you need to install the C/C++ extension and open the project folder in VS Code. After that, you can run and debug the project using the VS Code debugger normally.

Bug Reports

If you find any bugs, please report them using the GitHub issue tracker.

License

This software is distributed under the terms of the MIT license (see LICENSE.txt).