Hello,
I would like to know which would be the best way to interact with a service not handled by iMSCP? Do I have to use iMSCP::Execute for service XYZ reload or is there a better way doing this? I want to reload postsrsd service with the listener.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Regards Jörg
You shouldn't execute the service command by yourself, even by using the execute() function that is provided by i-MSCP core.
i-MSCP core provides service providers which are meant to handle services in "safe" way. Those providers are meant to provide a standardized way to handle services in i-MSCP whatever the system init used on your system (sysvinit, upstart, systemd).
For instance, let's imagine you want handle an external service such as fail2ban in a listener file. You could do
Note that the iMSCP::Service class is a high level interface for i-MSCP service providers (sysvinit, upstart, systemd). With the above code, the fail2ban service would be restarted (or started if not already) when the whatever_event_you_want_listen would be triggered by i-MSCP. Of course, you can use the iMSCP::Service class outside of an event listener context.
See also: