http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/jira-Commented-OFBIZ-7796-Running-OFBiz-as-a-service-fails-tp4699472.html
bq. These are 2 different views, both are valid and one should not exclude the other. That's why I suggested to have the other commented out in rc scripts, for an easier user experience. As long as you don't allow diversity you preclude yourself future!
> Running OFBiz as a service fails
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> Key: OFBIZ-7796
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-7796> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Affects Versions: Trunk
> Environment: Ubuntu 16.04, openjdk-8-jdk
> Reporter: Pierre Smits
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: OFBIZ-77796-rc.ofbiz.for.debian.patch, OFBIZ-7796-rc.ofbiz.for.debian-v2.patch
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> In a new ubuntu environment I performed a checkout from trunk and ran the loadDefault build script.
> After this had completed, I moved the ofbiz directory from my user folder to the /opt folder, and configured the Ubuntu environment to be able to run OFBiz as a service.
> This entails:
> * deploy a script in /etc/init.d
> * set the correct permissions of the service script
> * create the service user
> * changed the owner and ownergroup of the files and folders in /opt/ofbiz
> and then fire the service:
> sudo /etc/init.d/ofbiz start
> This normally starts the proces java -jar ofbiz.jar
> But now nothing happens.