[SERVER-33731] systemd unit file description is too vague Created: 07/Mar/18  Updated: 29/Oct/23  Resolved: 09/Mar/18

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
Component/s: Packaging
Affects Version/s: 3.7.2
Fix Version/s: 3.7.3

Type: Improvement Priority: Trivial - P5
Reporter: Maia Fox Assignee: Ramon Fernandez Marina
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Backwards Compatibility: Fully Compatible
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 Description   

The systemd unit file documentation suggests that the "Description" field should be specific and meaningful to the end user.

Currently, Mongo's unit file (debian/mongod.service) has the description "High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database", and because systemd considers the description a friendlier version of the unit name, it uses it in log files, like so:

systemd[1]: Started High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database.

Following the example in the systemd docs, maybe something like "MongoDB database server" would make more sense.



 Comments   
Comment by Githook User [ 09/Mar/18 ]

Author:

{'email': 'ramon@mongodb.com', 'name': 'Ramon Fernandez'}

Message: SERVER-33731 Improve server's systemd description
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/2d435a4c608bd04163d1010493902f8985f2834c

Comment by Ramon Fernandez Marina [ 09/Mar/18 ]

Thanks for your report maiafox, scheduling this as an improvement for the current development cycle.

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