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Boot Hooks

Boot hooks are scripts which execute pre/post to events that occur in the run control script.

Events

  • pre_configure, occurs before REPLACE_OS_VARS triggers replacement, and before any generated files are generated
  • post_configure, ocurrs after environment variable replacement and after generated files are generated
  • pre_start, occurs before the release is started
  • post_start, occurs right after the release is started
  • pre_stop, occurs after a request to stop the release is issued, but before the release is stopped
  • post_stop, occurs after the release is stopped

Example Usage

Given a config like the following:

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use Mix.Releases.Config

environment :default do
  set pre_start_hook: "rel/hooks/pre_start"
  set post_start_hook: "rel/hooks/post_start"
end

release :myapp do
  set version: current_version(:myapp)
end

And the two hook scripts under rel/hooks:

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# pre_start
echo "we're starting!"

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# post_start
echo "we've started!"

When you build your release, and run it, you’ll see something like the following:

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> _build/dev/rel/myapp/bin/myapp foreground
we're starting!
...snip...
we've started!
...snip...

You have access to anything defined in the run control script environment, see Shell Scripts for details.