Unix socket plugin patch for systemd

> We've created a patch for the unix socket plugin that allows for socket activation via systemd.
>
> This is how it works:
> 1. tell systemd to link a socket to the vm (e.g. 8080)
> 2. send a request to the socket
> 3. systemd will launch the vm and hold the request until the image is connected to the port
> 4. (here's where the patch comes in) connect to the socket in the image (e.g. by starting WAKom - WAKom startOn: 8080)
>
> The patch is necessary because the primitive would fail when connecting to the socket (the plugin thinks that the socket is already in use).
>
> So here's my question: who is responsible for the plugin or would like to integrate the patch?

> On 2013-05-02, at 15:44, Max Leske <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> We've created a patch for the unix socket plugin that allows for socket activation via systemd.
>>
>> This is how it works:
>> 1. tell systemd to link a socket to the vm (e.g. 8080)
>> 2. send a request to the socket
>> 3. systemd will launch the vm and hold the request until the image is connected to the port
>> 4. (here's where the patch comes in) connect to the socket in the image (e.g. by starting WAKom - WAKom startOn: 8080)
>>
>> The patch is necessary because the primitive would fail when connecting to the socket (the plugin thinks that the socket is already in use).
>>
>> So here's my question: who is responsible for the plugin or would like to integrate the patch?
>
>
> Send it to vm-dev, the responsible people hang out there. And cc Ian and Eliot explicitly.
>
> - Bert -
>
>