Procd is a process monitoring daemon for linux, providing logging and policing functionality.
This project is built using GNU's make. To build use the default target:
make
This project is built using GNU's Compiler Collection (gcc) by default, to use a different C compiler specify the CC
value at compile time: make CC=cc
To install utilize the install target along with the INSTALL_DIR and SERVICE_INSTALL_DIR to customize install
locations for the compiled binary and the systemd service file. Be careful to remember where you install this project
as you will need them to uninstall the project easily.
# install the project to user level directories rather than system level.
make install INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin SERVICE_INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/.local/systemd/service
# use the same values to uninstall
make uninstall INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin SERVICE_INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/.local/systemd/service
This will install a systemd unit and the binary into the specified locations, as well as a default configuration
to /etc/procd.conf which can be edited by the user to customized the service behavior.
Procd can be run as a standalone program operated via command line interface or as a systemd service. To run via
command line you will need admin privileges. For more detailed usage run procd -h for descriptions of available
arguments. Running as a service daemon is simple: systemctl start procd. When run as a service, all output is
redirected to journald.