MacOS/Creating Launch Daemons and Agents

Plist

<!-- cp /usr/local/opt/chorke/academia/etc/init.d/org.chorke.academia.amqpd.startup.plist -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>             <string>org.chorke.academia.amqpd.startup</string>
    <key>Disabled</key>          <false/>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>         <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>         <false/>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key>    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/local/opt/chorke/academia/etc/init.d/amqpd</string>
        <string>restart</string>
    </array>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/tmp/amqpd.err</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>   <string>/tmp/amqpd.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Debug

sudo launchctl load   -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.chorke.academia.amqpd.startup.plist
sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.chorke.academia.amqpd.startup.plist
sudo launchctl start  -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.chorke.academia.amqpd.startup.plist
sudo launchctl stop      /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.chorke.academia.amqpd.startup.plist

cat /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist
cat /tmp/amqpd.err
cat /tmp/amqpd.out

Where

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/

/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/Library/LaunchAgents/

References

• How can I debug a Launch script
• Creating Launch Daemons and Agents
• Adding Startup Scripts to Launch Daemon