how to stop apache2, mysql from starting automatically as computer starts?

11.04 server startup apache2 mysql

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Solution 1

MySQL is handled by upstart. In 11.04 you can use the new override feature to modify the starting behaviour:

echo "manual" >> /etc/init/mysql.override

See the section "Disabling a Job from Automatically Starting" in the Upstart Cookbook

Apache still uses traditional SysV init scripts so you use

 update-rc.d -f apache2 remove

to remove the links from /etc/rcX.d or, alternatively, use

 update-rc.d apache2 disable

which "disables" the script by changing it from a start script S91apache2 to a stop script K09apache2. This is reversible by update-rc.d apache2 enable.

Solution 2

Interestingly, it's a different answer for each package in 11.04.

apache2 uses System V style init scripts. To disable it from boot:
sudo update-rc.d -f apache2 remove
However, mysql uses an Upstart job, to disable it, create an "override" file:
echo "manual" | sudo tee /etc/init/mysql.override

To learn more about override files, see: The Upstart Cookbook

Solution 3

This thread will help you: https://superuser.com/questions/35151/how-do-i-stop-services-from-starting-on-boot-on-ubuntu

Solution 4

update-rc.d is a good CLI tool to do this. The linked page has an example involving apache2

Solution 5

It was't working for me. When trying to disable mysql in ubuntu I was receiving the message:

System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/mysql do not exist.

So I found a work around in this link: http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?t=5594

sudo mkdir /etc/init.disabled

sudo mv /etc/init/mysql.conf /etc/init.disabled/

And that's it.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

acapuster over 1 year

My os is 11.04.

I have apache2 & mysql installed.

How to stop apache2, mysql from starting automatically as computer starts?
Christopher B. Adkins about 13 years

This only works for services using SysV style init scripts. Ubuntu is switching to Upstart for most services so update-rc.d doesn't work anymore.
papukaija about 13 years

Apache doesn't use upstart.
Christopher B. Adkins about 13 years

Yes, my error - I converted it to use Upstart on my system...
acapuster about 13 years

Got this error "bash: /etc/init/mysql.override: Permission denied" in both case
acapuster about 13 years

@Florian: How did you convert? and whats the advantage of converting?
papukaija about 13 years

@Rahul: You get the error as both the echo and the update-rc.d need to be run with sudo.
acapuster about 13 years

$ sudo echo "manual" >> /etc/init/mysql.override
acapuster about 13 years

Got error "bash: /etc/init/mysql.override: Permission denied"
Feras Kayyali about 13 years

@RAHUL It can't work becouse redirection is created by bash before executing sudo - and that why the file is created as your user, not as a root. You can use such command: sudo su -c 'echo "manual" >> /etc/init/mysql.override'.
Christopher B. Adkins about 13 years

@Rahul: To convert it you have to write a .conf file for upstart. I just did it to learn how it is done.
radek about 12 years

@FlorianDiesch Will that work for 11.10 as well?
Christopher B. Adkins about 12 years

@radek: Yes. That should work with any Ubuntu version that uses Upstart 1.3 or later.
yuvilio almost 12 years

I am using mariadb flavor of Mysql and found that it was still managed by sysvinit rather than Upstart. Removed it from startup by executing sudo update-rc.d -f mysql remove .
Tomasz Gandor over 9 years

@RahulPrasad @LukaszStelmach - this is a common pattern, but I hate sudo su -c 'quoted commands', you can just use tee, like in echo "manual" | sudo tee -a /etc/init/mysql.override. For > use just tee, for >> it's tee -a.