Starting the DICOM Storage Server on Bootup

1. Log into your computer as root.
2. Put a new script into the rc3.d directory. On a Sun/Sparc system, this is /etc/rc3.d; on a Linux system, this is usually /etc/init.d/rc3.d. Copy and paste the test below into a new file in this directory called S89StorageServer.
   N.B this script assumes that the Jim script StorageServer is installed in /usr/local/bin; edit the script S89StorageServer if it is not.

   #!/bin/sh
   #
   # Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Xinapse Systems Ltd.
   #
   
   if [ ! -d /usr/local/bin ]
   then			# /usr/local/bin not mounted
   	exit
   fi
   
   
   # Start/stop the Dicom Storage Server.
   
   case "$1" in
   'start')
   
   	#
   	# Start the dicom storage server
   	#
           if [ -f /var/run/StorageServer.pid ] ; then 
   	    echo "StorageServer alreading running. Restart it with: $0 restart"
   	    exit
           fi
   
   	if [ -f /usr/local/bin/StorageServer ] ; then
   		echo "Starting StorageServer."
   		/usr/local/bin/StorageServer &
              echo $! > /var/run/StorageServer.pid
              # Wait for the server to come up.
   	   sleep 4
   	fi
   
   	;;
   
   'restart')
   
   	#
   	# Restart the dicom storage server
   	#
   
           # Stop it first.
           if [ -f /var/run/StorageServer.pid ]  ; then
   	    echo "Stopping StorageServer."
   	    pkill -P `cat /var/run/StorageServer.pid` >/dev/null 2>&1 
   	    /bin/rm /var/run/StorageServer.pid
           fi
   
   	# Restart it.
   	if [ -f /usr/local/bin/StorageServer ] ; then
   		echo "Starting StorageServer."
   		/usr/local/bin/StorageServer &
              echo $! > /var/run/StorageServer.pid
              # Wait for the server to come up.
   	   sleep 4
   	fi
   
   	;;
   
   'stop')
   
           if [ -f /var/run/StorageServer.pid ]  ; then
   	    echo "Stopping Dicom StorageServer."
   	    pkill -P `cat /var/run/StorageServer.pid` >/dev/null 2>&1 
   	    /bin/rm /var/run/StorageServer.pid
           fi
   	;;
   *)
   	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/StorageServer { start | stop }"
   	;;
   esac
   exit 0
   
       

3. Make sure that new script is executable by root.
4. Start the script by hand to make sure that is correctly configured. On a Sun/Solaris system, do:

       # cd /etc/rc3.d; ./S89StorageServer start
       

   On a Linux system, do:

       # cd /etc/init.d/rc3.d; ./S89StorageServer start
       

5. If all is well, reboot your system and check the StorageServer daemon is running:

       # ps -ef | grep StorageServer
       root  5354     1  0 16:34:58 pts/2    0:00 /bin/csh /usr/local/bin/StorageServer
       root  5357  5345  0 16:35:10 pts/2    0:00 grep StorageServer
       

6. You're done. The StorageServer will start up automatically every time your computer reboots. Note, however, that your computer won't receive images from a remote DICOM server if it is turned off!

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