That is pretty cool. I do something similar already, but it is all hand built. Xamal is definitely appealing just to remove that friction.
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BrightEyesDavid
What an interesting project. I’m currently planning deployment for an app, but that is going to a client’s FreeBSD server so I’ll keep Xamal in mind for other projects. Unless you think rc.d could be included as an alternative to systemd?
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Dmk
Doing quick research (AKA had Claude review viability) - it seems like it is possible without too much effort.
I am not very familiar with FreeBSD though, so can’t say for sure. Two potential gaps (solvable, but not 1:1):
- rc.d’s lack of template units (use two generated per-port scripts)
- no native restart-on-failure (needs daemon(8))
If you wanted to create a PR I would certainly be open to it.
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Hermanverschooten
Reading this thread inspired me to write a bit about my blue/green deployment and the issues I ran into.
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