Install a Daemon Script

The following instructions tell you how to install a daemon script that will automatically run the Content Engine on start-up. It won't work properly yet since the Content Engine itself is not yet deployed. You should nevertheless install it now because the script also creates a number of folders that you will need later on in the installation process.

Copy the daemon script ece to /etc/init.d/, and the script's default settings (ece-scripts/etc/default/ece) to a file called ece in the /etc/default folder. On the assembly-host you can do this as follows:
```
# cp /opt/escenic/engine/ece-scripts/etc/init.d/ece /etc/init.d/
# cp /opt/escenic/engine/ece-scripts/etc/default/ece /etc/default/
```
On the engine-hosts, however, you will have to copy the files from the assembly-host. If you have installed an SSH server on the assembly-host and SSH clients on your engine-hosts, then you can do it as follows:
```
# scp escenic@assembly-host-ip-address:/opt/escenic/engine/ece-scripts/etc/init.d/ece /etc/init.d/
# scp escenic@assembly-host-ip-address:/opt/escenic/engine/ece-scripts/etc/default/ece /etc/default/
```
Make the daemon script executable:
```
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/ece
```
The next step is to run the daemon script, ece.

If, for any reason, you do not want to install Content Engine files in standard locations, then you should open /etc/default/ece in an editor now and modify the settings to meet your requirements. You are strongly advised, however, not to do so. All instructions in this manual and the Escenic Content Engine Server Administration Guide assume files are installed in standard locations.

Enter the following commands:
```
# mkdir -p /var/{crash,lib,log,run,cache,spool}/escenic
# chown escenic:escenic /var/{crash,lib,log,run,cache,spool}/escenic -R
```
These commands create the following folders and assign them to the escenic user:
```
/var/crash/escenic
/var/lib/escenic
/var/log/escenic
/var/run/escenic
/var/cache/escenic
/var/spool/escenic
```
On your engine-hosts only, enter the following commands:
```
# update-rc.d ece defaults
```
This command actually installs the script as a daemon, ensuring that it will be run on system startup. Note that this command is specific to Debian-based Linux distributions: the procedure for installing daemon scripts is different on other distributions.