Summary: 2 separate instances of ssh under same Sol10 service

Thanks to Darren Dunham for his support.

Some confusion in my initial question came from wording used that is
too close to Sun's linguo for a similar but different case.
Instances started through /lib/svc/method/ssh (comparable to
/etc/init.d/ssh) are different than what Sun calls "service instances"

The issue was to have both instances (under any definition) monitored
individually and restarted if either dies.

Using /var/svc/manifest/network/ssh.xml as a base and lifting syntax from
/var/svc/manifest/system/sysidtool.xml for the additional Sun service
instance, with each ssh service instance having its own method and
configuration files yields

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adm00# ls -1 /lib/svc/method/sshd* /etc/ssh/sshd_*
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
/etc/ssh/sshd_alt_config
/lib/svc/method/sshd
/lib/svc/method/sshd_alt

adm00# svcs -a|grep -i ssh
online         May_05   svc:/network/ssh:main
online         May_05   svc:/network/ssh:alt
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I have not found a way to restart both instances in one command/argument
Wild cards fail: "svcadm restart ssh*" or "svcadm restart ssh:*",
-suggestions welcome- but listing instances explicitly works

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adm00# svcadm -v restart ssh
svcadm: Pattern 'ssh' matches multiple instances:
        svc:/network/ssh:main
        svc:/network/ssh:alt

adm00# svcadm -v restart ssh:main ssh:alt
Action restart set for svc:/network/ssh:main.
Action restart set for svc:/network/ssh:alt.
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----- Forwarded message 
Subject: Update: 2 separate instances of ssh under same Solaris 10 service

  The question is how to have both instances of ssh monitored by SMF and
both restarted if either die.

  I was wrong about "only the first instance of ssh is monitored": using
the default configuration, both are monitored. And restart is initiated
(through /lib/svc/method/ssh) if _both_ daemons die.

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adm00:#  tail -f /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log 
[ May  2 09:58:40 Stopping because all processes in service exited. ] 
[ May  2 09:58:40 Executing stop method (:kill) ] 
[ May  2 09:58:40 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/sshd start") ] 
starting sshd2 on port 22 
starting sshd2 on port 55
[ May  2 09:58:40 Method "start" exited with status 0 ] 
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  How to get a restart initiated if _either_ daemon dies?

On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 02:35:49AM +0000, alex khalil wrote:
>  I'm trying to have two separate instances of ssh controlled under the
>same service.
>
>  The instances are on different ports and with different authorization
>settings, however I would like to control and monitor them under the
>same service.
>
>  Modifying the file /lib/svc/method/ssh is simple but how to convince
>/var/svc/manifest/network/ssh.xml to monitor both instances and restart
>them if either fails.
>
>  Currently, after modifying only /lib/svc/method/ssh, only the first
>instance of ssh is monitored and if the other one dies, no restart occurs.
>
>  If nothing else works, I'll put each instance under a separate service.
>
>  Thanks
>
>alex
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