openrc-init(8)

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version 0.63.2 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24

🌸 openrc-init(8) — the parent of all processes 👑

Ok bestie, gather round, because this is the literal mother of every process on your system. openrc-init(8) is the manual page for openrc-init, and it's short but it's iconic. Let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

openrc-init — the parent of all processes 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

openrc-init [runlevel]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So openrc-init is an init process — like, it's a whole alternative to sysvinit or literally any other init process out there. Main character energy fr fr 👑

To actually use it, you've gotta configure your boot loader to invoke it, or symlink it to /sbin/init. Either way works, pick your vibe 💖

Heads up bestie: you'll also need to use openrc-shutdown(8) to halt, reboot or poweroff the system. Don't skip that part, it's kinda important 😭

Now, where does the default runlevel come from? Obsessed with this actually — it gets read from the first of these that's set:

  1. the init command line
  2. the rc_default_runlevel setting in rc.conf
  3. the kernel command line
  4. and if none of those have it, it's just assumed to be "default" 💫

One more thing — openrc-init doesn't manage getty's directly, so you're gonna need to manage them some other way. For example, you can use the agetty service script, as described in agetty-guide.md in this distribution. Slay, it's all documented 🎀

✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

  • EINFO_QUIET — openrc-init honors this one. When set to true, it won't print anything to stdout. Silence is golden, periodt 🤫

✨ BUGS ✨

So this was first released as part of OpenRC 0.25 🎉 Honestly? I don't know of any specific issues. But since this is the first release of openrc-init, please test it and report any issues you find — be the beta-tester bestie we all need 🙈💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

✨ AUTHORS ✨

  • William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com> 🌈

That's the whole page bestie — short, sweet, and it runs your entire system. No pressure or anything 💀✨

Signed off with love from the OpenRC crew — this page is dated April 6, 2017, so yeah, it's a classic 🎀🦋

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