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diff --git a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc index a8ee2d1245..7c566229ac 100644 --- a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc +++ b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc @@ -31,55 +31,54 @@ <rev>A</rev> <file>create_target.xml</file> </header> + <marker id="creating upgrading target system"></marker> - <section> - <title>Introduction</title> - <p>When creating a system using Erlang/OTP, the most simple way is - to install Erlang/OTP somewhere, install the application specific + <p>When creating a system using Erlang/OTP, the simplest way is + to install Erlang/OTP somewhere, install the application-specific code somewhere else, and then start the Erlang runtime system, - making sure the code path includes the application specific code.</p> - <p>Often it is not desirable to use an Erlang/OTP system as is. A - developer may create new Erlang/OTP compliant applications for a + making sure the code path includes the application-specific code.</p> + <p>It is often not desirable to use an Erlang/OTP system as is. A + developer can create new Erlang/OTP-compliant applications for a particular purpose, and several original Erlang/OTP applications - may be irrelevant for the purpose in question. Thus, there is a + can be irrelevant for the purpose in question. Thus, there is a need to be able to create a new system based on a given - Erlang/OTP system, where dispensable applications are removed, - and a set of new applications are included. Documentation and + Erlang/OTP system, where dispensable applications are removed + and new applications are included. Documentation and source code is irrelevant and is therefore not included in the new system.</p> - <p>This chapter is about creating such a system, which we call a + <p>This chapter is about creating such a system, which is called a <em>target system</em>.</p> - <p>In the following sections we consider creating target systems with - different requirements of functionality:</p> + <p>The following sections deal with target systems + with different requirements of functionality:</p> <list type="bulleted"> - <item>a <em>basic target system</em> that can be started by - calling the ordinary <c>erl</c> script, </item> - <item>a <em>simple target system</em> where also code - replacement in run-time can be performed, and</item> - <item>an <em>embedded target system</em> where there is also + <item>A <em>basic target system</em> that can be started by + calling the ordinary <c>erl</c> script.</item> + <item>A <em>simple target system</em> where also code + replacement in runtime can be performed.</item> + <item>An <em>embedded target system</em> where there is also support for logging output from the system to file for later inspection, and where the system can be started automatically - at boot time. </item> + at boot time.</item> </list> - <p>We only consider the case when Erlang/OTP is running on a UNIX - system.</p> - <p>In the <c>sasl</c> application there is an example Erlang - module <c>target_system.erl</c> that contains functions for - creating and installing a target system. This module is used in - the examples below, and the source code of the module is listed - at the end of this chapter.</p> - </section> + <p>Here is only considered the case when Erlang/OTP is running on a + UNIX system.</p> + <p>The <c>sasl</c> application includes the example Erlang + module <c>target_system.erl</c>, which contains functions for + creating and installing a target system. This module is used in + the following examples. The source code of the module is listed + in <seealso marker="#listing of target system"> + Listing of target_system.erl</seealso></p> <section> <marker id="create"/> <title>Creating a Target System</title> <p>It is assumed that you have a working Erlang/OTP system structured - according to the OTP Design Principles.</p> - <p><em>Step 1.</em> First create a <c>.rel</c> file (see <seealso - marker="sasl:rel">rel(4)</seealso>) that specifies the <c>erts</c> - version and lists all applications that should be included in the - new basic target system. An example is the following - <c>mysystem.rel</c> file:</p> + according to the OTP design principles.</p> + <p><em>Step 1.</em> Create a <c>.rel</c> file (see the + <seealso marker="sasl:rel">rel(4)</seealso> manual page in + SASL), which specifies the ERTS version and lists + all applications that are to be included in the new basic target + system. An example is the following <c>mysystem.rel</c> file:</p> <code type="none"> %% mysystem.rel {release, @@ -91,23 +90,23 @@ {pea, "1.0"}]}.</code> <p>The listed applications are not only original Erlang/OTP applications but possibly also new applications that you have - written yourself (here exemplified by the application - <c>pea</c>). </p> - <p><em>Step 2.</em> From the directory where the <c>mysystem.rel</c> - file reside, start the Erlang/OTP system:</p> + written (here exemplified by the application Pea (<c>pea</c>)).</p> + <p><em>Step 2.</em> Start Erlang/OTP from the directory where + the <c>mysystem.rel</c> file resides:</p> <pre> os> <input>erl -pa /home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-1.0/ebin</input></pre> - <p>where also the path to the <c>pea-1.0</c> ebin directory is - provided. </p> - <p><em>Step 3.</em> Now create the target system: </p> + <p>Here also the path to the <c>pea-1.0</c> ebin directory is + provided.</p> + <p><em>Step 3.</em> Create the target system:</p> <pre> 1> <input>target_system:create("mysystem").</input></pre> - <p>The <c>target_system:create/1</c> function does the following:</p> + <p>The function <c>target_system:create/1</c> performs the + following:</p> <list type="ordered"> - <item>Reads the <c>mysystem.rel</c> file, and creates a new file - <c>plain.rel</c> which is identical to former, except that it - only lists the <c>kernel</c> and <c>stdlib</c> applications. </item> - <item>From the <c>mysystem.rel</c> and <c>plain.rel</c> files + <item>Reads the file <c>mysystem.rel</c> and creates a new file + <c>plain.rel</c> that is identical to the former, except that it + only lists the Kernel and STDLIB applications.</item> + <item>From the files <c>mysystem.rel</c> and <c>plain.rel</c> creates the files <c>mysystem.script</c>, <c>mysystem.boot</c>, <c>plain.script</c>, and <c>plain.boot</c> through a call to @@ -124,26 +123,26 @@ releases/mysystem.rel lib/kernel-2.16.4/ lib/stdlib-1.19.4/ lib/sasl-2.3.4/ -lib/pea-1.0/ </code> +lib/pea-1.0/</code> <p>The file <c>releases/FIRST/start.boot</c> is a copy of our <c>mysystem.boot</c></p> <p>The release resource file <c>mysystem.rel</c> is duplicated in the tar file. Originally, this file was only stored in - the <c>releases</c> directory in order to make it possible + the <c>releases</c> directory to make it possible for the <c>release_handler</c> to extract this file separately. After unpacking the tar file, <c>release_handler</c> would automatically copy the file to <c>releases/FIRST</c>. However, sometimes the tar file is unpacked without involving - the <c>release_handler</c> (e.g. when unpacking the first - target system) and therefore the file is now instead + the <c>release_handler</c> (for example, when unpacking the + first target system). The file is therefore now instead duplicated in the tar file so no manual copying is - necessary.</p> + needed.</p> </item> - <item>Creates the temporary directory <c>tmp</c> and extracts the tar file - <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> into that directory. </item> - <item>Deletes the <c>erl</c> and <c>start</c> files from - <c>tmp/erts-5.10.4/bin</c>. These files will be created again from + <item>Creates the temporary directory <c>tmp</c> and extracts + the tar file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> into that directory.</item> + <item>Deletes the files <c>erl</c> and <c>start</c> from + <c>tmp/erts-5.10.4/bin</c>. These files are created again from source when installing the release.</item> <item>Creates the directory <c>tmp/bin</c>.</item> <item>Copies the previously created file <c>plain.boot</c> to @@ -151,31 +150,31 @@ lib/pea-1.0/ </code> <item>Copies the files <c>epmd</c>, <c>run_erl</c>, and <c>to_erl</c> from the directory <c>tmp/erts-5.10.4/bin</c> to the directory <c>tmp/bin</c>.</item> - <item>Creates the directory <c>tmp/log</c>, which will be used + <item>Creates the directory <c>tmp/log</c>, which is used if the system is started as embedded with the <c>bin/start</c> script.</item> <item>Creates the file <c>tmp/releases/start_erl.data</c> with the contents "5.10.4 FIRST". This file is to be passed as data - file to the <c>start_erl</c> script. - </item> + file to the <c>start_erl</c> script.</item> <item>Recreates the file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> from the directories - in the directory <c>tmp</c>, and removes <c>tmp</c>.</item> + in the directory <c>tmp</c> and removes <c>tmp</c>.</item> </list> </section> <section> <title>Installing a Target System</title> <p><em>Step 4.</em> Install the created target system in a - suitable directory. </p> + suitable directory.</p> <pre> 2> <input>target_system:install("mysystem", "/usr/local/erl-target").</input></pre> - <p>The function <c>target_system:install/2</c> does the following: + <p>The function <c>target_system:install/2</c> performs the following: </p> <list type="ordered"> <item>Extracts the tar file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> into the target directory <c>/usr/local/erl-target</c>.</item> - <item>In the target directory reads the file <c>releases/start_erl.data</c> - in order to find the Erlang runtime system version ("5.10.4").</item> + <item>In the target directory reads the file + <c>releases/start_erl.data</c> to find the Erlang runtime system + version ("5.10.4").</item> <item>Substitutes <c>%FINAL_ROOTDIR%</c> and <c>%EMU%</c> for <c>/usr/local/erl-target</c> and <c>beam</c>, respectively, in the files <c>erl.src</c>, <c>start.src</c>, and @@ -184,97 +183,102 @@ lib/pea-1.0/ </code> <c>start</c>, and <c>run_erl</c> in the target <c>bin</c> directory.</item> <item>Finally the target <c>releases/RELEASES</c> file is created - from data in the <c>releases/mysystem.rel</c> file.</item> + from data in the file <c>releases/mysystem.rel</c>.</item> </list> </section> <section> <marker id="start"/> <title>Starting a Target System</title> - <p>Now we have a target system that can be started in various ways.</p> - <p>We start it as a <em>basic target system</em> by invoking</p> + <p>Now we have a target system that can be started in various ways. + We start it as a <em>basic target system</em> by invoking:</p> <pre> os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl</input></pre> - <p>where only the <c>kernel</c> and <c>stdlib</c> applications are - started, i.e. the system is started as an ordinary development - system. There are only two files needed for all this to work: - <c>bin/erl</c> file (obtained from <c>erts-5.10.4/bin/erl.src</c>) - and the <c>bin/start.boot</c> file (a copy of <c>plain.boot</c>).</p> + <p>Here only the Kernel and STDLIB applications are + started, that is, the system is started as an ordinary development + system. Only two files are needed for all this to work:</p> + <list type="ordered"> + <item><c>bin/erl</c> (obtained from + <c>erts-5.10.4/bin/erl.src</c>)</item> + <item><c>bin/start.boot</c> (a copy of + <c>plain.boot</c>)</item> + </list> <p>We can also start a distributed system (requires <c>bin/epmd</c>).</p> <p>To start all applications specified in the original - <c>mysystem.rel</c> file, use the <c>-boot</c> flag as follows:</p> + <c>mysystem.rel</c> file, use flag <c>-boot</c> as follows:</p> <pre> os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FIRST/start</input></pre> - <p>We start a <em>simple target system</em> as above. The only difference - is that also the file <c>releases/RELEASES</c> is present for - code replacement in run-time to work.</p> - <p>To start an <em>embedded target system</em> the shell script - <c>bin/start</c> is used. That shell script calls + <p>We start a <em>simple target system</em> as above. The only + difference is that also the file <c>releases/RELEASES</c> is + present for code replacement in runtime to work.</p> + <p>To start an <em>embedded target system</em>, the shell script + <c>bin/start</c> is used. The script calls <c>bin/run_erl</c>, which in turn calls <c>bin/start_erl</c> (roughly, <c>start_erl</c> is an embedded variant of - <c>erl</c>). </p> + <c>erl</c>).</p> <p>The shell script <c>start</c>, which is generated from erts-5.10.4/bin/start.src during installation, is only an - example. You should edit it to suite your needs. Typically it is + example. Edit it to suite your needs. Typically it is executed when the UNIX system boots.</p> <p><c>run_erl</c> is a wrapper that provides logging of output from - the run-time system to file. It also provides a simple mechanism + the runtime system to file. It also provides a simple mechanism for attaching to the Erlang shell (<c>to_erl</c>).</p> - <p><c>start_erl</c> requires the root directory - (<c>"/usr/local/erl-target"</c>), the releases directory - (<c>"/usr/local/erl-target/releases"</c>), and the location of - the <c>start_erl.data</c> file. It reads the run-time system - version (<c>"5.10.4"</c>) and release version (<c>"FIRST"</c>) from - the <c>start_erl.data</c> file, starts the run-time system of the - version found, and provides <c>-boot</c> flag specifying the boot - file of the release version found - (<c>"releases/FIRST/start.boot"</c>).</p> - <p><c>start_erl</c> also assumes that there is <c>sys.config</c> in - release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). That - is the topic of the next section (see below).</p> - <p>The <c>start_erl</c> shell script should normally not be + <p><c>start_erl</c> requires:</p> + <list type="ordered"> + <item>The root directory (<c>"/usr/local/erl-target"</c>)</item> + <item>The releases directory + (<c>"/usr/local/erl-target/releases"</c></item> + <item>The location of the file <c>start_erl.data</c></item> + </list> + <p>It performs the following:</p> + <list type="ordered"> + <item>Reads the runtime system version (<c>"5.10.4"</c>) and + release version (<c>"FIRST"</c>) from the file + <c>start_erl.data</c>.</item> + <item>Starts the runtime system of the version found.</item> + <item>Provides the flag <c>-boot</c> specifying the boot + file of the release version found + (<c>"releases/FIRST/start.boot"</c>).</item> + </list> + <p><c>start_erl</c> also assumes that there is <c>sys.config</c> + in the release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). + That is the topic of the next section.</p> + <p>The <c>start_erl</c> shell script is normally not to be altered by the user.</p> </section> <section> <title>System Configuration Parameters</title> - <p>As was pointed out above <c>start_erl</c> requires a - <c>sys.config</c> in the release version directory - (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). If there is no such a - file, the system start will fail. Hence such a file has to - be added as well.</p> - <p></p> - <p>If you have system configuration data that are neither file - location dependent nor site dependent, it may be convenient to - create the <c>sys.config</c> early, so that it becomes a part of + <p>As was mentioned in the previous section, <c>start_erl</c> + requires a <c>sys.config</c> in the release version directory + (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). If there is no such + file, the system start fails. Such a file must therefore + also be added.</p> + <p>If you have system configuration data that is neither + file-location-dependent nor site-dependent, it can be convenient + to create <c>sys.config</c> early, so it becomes part of the target system tar file created by - <c>target_system:create/1</c>. In fact, if you create, in the - current directory, not only the <c>mysystem.rel</c> file, but - also a <c>sys.config</c> file, that latter file will be tacitly + <c>target_system:create/1</c>. In fact, if you in the + current directory create not only the file <c>mysystem.rel</c>, + but also file <c>sys.config</c>, the latter file is tacitly put in the appropriate directory.</p> </section> <section> - <title>Differences from the Install Script</title> - <p>The above <c>install/2</c> procedure differs somewhat from that + <title>Differences From the Install Script</title> + <p>The previous <c>install/2</c> procedure differs somewhat from that of the ordinary <c>Install</c> shell script. In fact, <c>create/1</c> makes the release package as complete as possible, and leave to the - <c>install/2</c> procedure to finish by only considering location - dependent files.</p> + <c>install/2</c> procedure to finish by only considering + location-dependent files.</p> </section> <section> <title>Creating the Next Version</title> - - <p> - In this example the <c>pea</c> application has been changed, and - so are <c>erts</c>, <c>kernel</c>, <c>stdlib</c> and - <c>sasl</c>. - </p> - - <p> - <em>Step 1.</em> Create the <c>.rel</c> file: - </p> + <p>In this example the Pea application has been changed, and + so are the applications ERTS, Kernel, STDLIB + and SASL.</p> + <p><em>Step 1.</em> Create the file <c>.rel</c>:</p> <code type="none"> %% mysystem2.rel {release, @@ -284,65 +288,49 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI {stdlib, "2.0"}, {sasl, "2.4"}, {pea, "2.0"}]}.</code> - <p> - <em>Step 2.</em> Create the application upgrade file (see - <seealso marker="sasl:appup">appup(4)</seealso>) for <c>pea</c>, - for example: - </p> + <p><em>Step 2.</em> Create the application upgrade file (see the + <seealso marker="sasl:appup">appup(4)</seealso> manual page in + SASL) for Pea, for example:</p> <code type="none"> %% pea.appup {"2.0", [{"1.0",[{load_module,pea_lib}]}], [{"1.0",[{load_module,pea_lib}]}]}.</code> - <p> - <em>Step 3.</em> From the directory where the - <c>mysystem2.rel</c> file reside, start the Erlang/OTP system: - </p> + <p><em>Step 3.</em> From the directory where the file + <c>mysystem2.rel</c> resides, start the Erlang/OTP system, + giving the path to the new version of Pea:</p> <pre> os> <input>erl -pa /home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-2.0/ebin</input></pre> - <p>giving the path to the new version of <c>pea</c>. </p> - - <p> - <em>Step 4.</em> Create the release upgrade file (see <seealso - marker="sasl:relup">relup(4)</seealso>): - </p> + <p><em>Step 4.</em> Create the release upgrade file (see the + <seealso marker="sasl:relup">relup(4)</seealso> manual page in + SASL):</p> <pre> -1> <input>systools:make_relup("mysystem2",["mysystem"],["mysystem"],[{path,["/home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-1.0/ebin","/my/old/erlang/lib/*/ebin"]}]).</input></pre> - <p> - where <c>"mysystem"</c> is the base release and - <c>"mysystem2"</c> is the release to upgrade to. - </p> - <p> - Note that the <c>path</c> option is used for pointing out the +1> <input>systools:make_relup("mysystem2",["mysystem"],["mysystem"], + [{path,["/home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-1.0/ebin", + "/my/old/erlang/lib/*/ebin"]}]).</input></pre> + <p>Here <c>"mysystem"</c> is the base release and + <c>"mysystem2"</c> is the release to upgrade to.</p> + <p>The <c>path</c> option is used for pointing out the old version of all applications. (The new versions are already - in the code path - assuming of course that the erlang node on + in the code path - assuming of course that the Erlang node on which this is executed is running the correct version of - Erlang/OTP.) - </p> - <p> - <em>Step 5.</em> Create the new release: - </p> + Erlang/OTP.)</p> + <p><em>Step 5.</em> Create the new release:</p> <pre> 2> <input>target_system:create("mysystem2").</input></pre> - <p> - Given that the <c>relup</c> file generated in step 4 above is - now located in the current directory, it will automatically be - included in the release package. - </p> + <p>Given that the file <c>relup</c> generated in Step 4 is + now located in the current directory, it is automatically + included in the release package.</p> </section> <section> <title>Upgrading the Target System</title> - <p> - This part is done on the target node, and for this example we + <p>This part is done on the target node, and for this example we want the node to be running as an embedded system with the - <c>-heart</c> option, allowing automatic restart of the - node. See <seealso marker="#start">Starting a Target - System</seealso> above for more information. - </p> - <p> - We add <c>-heart</c> to <c>bin/start</c>: - </p> + <c>-heart</c> option, allowing automatic restart of the node. + For more information, see <seealso marker="#start"> + Starting a Target System</seealso>.</p> + <p>We add <c>-heart</c> to <c>bin/start</c>:</p> <code type="none"> #!/bin/sh ROOTDIR=/usr/local/erl-target/ @@ -354,36 +342,27 @@ fi START_ERL_DATA=${1:-$RELDIR/start_erl.data} -$ROOTDIR/bin/run_erl -daemon /tmp/ $ROOTDIR/log "exec $ROOTDIR/bin/start_erl $ROOTDIR $RELDIR $START_ERL_DATA -heart</code> - <p> - And we use the simplest possible <c>sys.config</c>, which we - store in <c>releases/FIRST</c>: - </p> +$ROOTDIR/bin/run_erl -daemon /tmp/ $ROOTDIR/log "exec $ROOTDIR/bin/start_erl $ROOTDIR\ +$RELDIR $START_ERL_DATA -heart</code> + <p>We use the simplest possible <c>sys.config</c>, which we + store in <c>releases/FIRST</c>:</p> <code type="none"> %% sys.config [].</code> - <p> - Finally, in order to prepare the upgrade, we need to put the new + <p>Finally, to prepare the upgrade, we must put the new release package in the <c>releases</c> directory of the first - target system: - </p> + target system:</p> <pre> os> <input>cp mysystem2.tar.gz /usr/local/erl-target/releases</input></pre> - <p> - And assuming that the node has been started like this: - </p> + <p>Assuming that the node has been started as follows:</p> <pre> os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/start</input></pre> - <p> - it can be accessed like this: - </p> + <p>It can be accessed as follows:</p> <pre> os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/to_erl /tmp/erlang.pipe.1</input></pre> - <p> - Also note that logs can be found in + <p>Logs can be found in <c>/usr/local/erl-target/log</c>. This directory is specified as - an argument to <c>run_erl</c>in the start script listed above. - </p> + an argument to <c>run_erl</c>in the start script listed above.</p> <p> <em>Step 1.</em> Unpack the release: </p> @@ -402,18 +381,19 @@ heart: Tue Apr 1 12:15:11 2014: Executed "/usr/local/erl-target/bin/start /usr/ The above return value and output after the call to <c>release_handler:install_release/1</c> means that the <c>release_handler</c> has restarted the node by using - <c>heart</c>. This will always be done when the upgrade involves - a change of <c>erts</c>, <c>kernel</c>, <c>stdlib</c> or - <c>sasl</c>. See <seealso marker="upgrade">Upgrade when - Erlang/OTP has Changed</seealso> for more infomation about this. + <c>heart</c>. This is always done when the upgrade involves + a change of the applications ERTS, Kernel, + STDLIB, or SASL. For more information, see + <seealso marker="upgrade"> + Upgrade when Erlang/OTP has Changed</seealso>. </p> <p> - The node will be accessible via a new pipe: + The node is accessible through a new pipe: </p> <pre> os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/to_erl /tmp/erlang.pipe.2</input></pre> <p> - Let's see which releases we have in our system: + Check which releases there are in the system: </p> <pre> 1> <input>release_handler:which_releases().</input> @@ -426,7 +406,7 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/to_erl /tmp/erlang.pipe.2</input></pre> <p> Our new release, "SECOND", is now the current release, but we can also see that our "FIRST" release is still permanent. This - means that if the node would be restarted at this point, it + means that if the node would be restarted now, it would come up running the "FIRST" release again. </p> <p> @@ -434,11 +414,9 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/to_erl /tmp/erlang.pipe.2</input></pre> </p> <pre> 2> <input>release_handler:make_permanent("SECOND").</input></pre> - <p> - Now look at the releases again: + Check the releases again: </p> - <pre> 3> <input>release_handler:which_releases().</input> <output>[{"MYSYSTEM","SECOND", @@ -447,19 +425,16 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/to_erl /tmp/erlang.pipe.2</input></pre> {"MYSYSTEM","FIRST", ["kernel-2.16.4","stdlib-1.19.4","sasl-2.3.4","pea-1.0"], old}]</output></pre> - <p> - Here we see that the new release version is <c>permanent</c>, so - it would be safe to restart the node. - </p> - + We see that the new release version is <c>permanent</c>, so + it would be safe to restart the node.</p> </section> <section> + <marker id="listing of target system"/> <title>Listing of target_system.erl</title> <p>This module can also be found in the <c>examples</c> directory - of the <c>sasl</c> application.</p> + of the SASL application.</p> <codeinclude file="../../../lib/sasl/examples/src/target_system.erl" tag="%module" type="erl"></codeinclude> - </section> </chapter> |