Execute a script at container start

[nicoska84]

I know that maybe is a bit off topic, but I wasn't able to figure out within Proxmox support forum, so maybe here someone can help me.

I'm trying to execute a bash script /root/vpnlogin.sh when a lxc container starts. I tried CRON, systemd, but nothing seems to work.

If I execute it manually, /root/vpnlogin.sh & it works without any issue.

Thank you for your help
Nico

[tteck]

Ensure that /root/vpnlogin.sh first line is #!/usr/bin/env bash

Make /root/vpnlogin.sh executable

chmod +x /root/vpnlogin.sh

Create a service

cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/vpnlogin.service
[Unit]
Description=vpnlogin
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/root/vpnlogin.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable service

systemctl enable -q vpnlogin.service

Reboot container

[nicoska84]

It don't work.
Here is the service:

`root@qbittorrent:~# cat /etc/systemd/system/vpnlogin.service 
[Unit]
Description=vpnlogin
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/root/vpnlogin.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
root@qbittorrent:~# `

Here is the script:

`root@qbittorrent:~# cat vpnlogin.sh 
#!/usr/bin/env bash
openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client/shakenmountain.ovpn &
root@qbittorrent:~# `

Here is the script directory and permission:

`root@qbittorrent:~# ls -all
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root       79 Mar 14 09:57 vpnlogin.sh
`

What I'm doing wrong?

[tteck]

Try removing &, it will still run in the background

Check systemctl status vpnlogin.service to see what it's doing.

[nicoska84]

Try removing &, it will still run in the background

Check systemctl status vpnlogin.service to see what it's doing.

Without the ending & it's working!

Thank you man! Always helpful :)