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RemainAfterExit in Upstart

Is there an Upstart equivalent to systemd's RemainAfterExit? I have an upstart task that exec's a script that completes quickly when the task is started. However, I would still like that task to ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 startup questions regarding runlevels and *.wants directories

Is Ubuntu 18.04 using Upstart or systemd? I know with the directories named Rc0.d Rc1.d Rc2.d ......Rc6.d. we can control runlevels in Ubuntu 18.04. But what is the difference between what they do, ...
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Systemd to upstart

I got a systemd service and I am still using Ubuntu 14.04 for various reasons. As you probably know ubuntu uses upstart and not systemd. Can you guys help me convert this systemd service to an upstart ...
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How do I import Amazon EC2 instance/user data into the environments of the services on my machine?

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.10; so my init system can be either upstart or systemd. Things like How to set an environment variable in Amazon EC2 over on Stack Overflow show how one fetches an ...
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Ubuntu's main bootup only returns blank screen, systemd bootup works fine

I use Grub to boot between Ubuntu and Windows. The options are somewhat like Ubuntu Ubuntu (Recovery Mode) Windows If I choose 1, it shows the Ubuntu logo, the little balls under it flowing. Then ...
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Systemd: Running a script before msyql stops on shutdown

On my Ubuntu 14 vagrant box I use this upstart script to run automysqlbackup on every vagrant halt: description "run automysqlbackup" start on stopping mysql task exec automysqlbackup So ...
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