# Configuring Freezemonitor Self-Terminate Function

The self-terminate function checks whether freezemonitor can keep running as a daemon based on user configuration.

These are the steps to configure its behavior.

1. In an Open iT client, open freezemonitor.xml in the Components directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/etc/Components.

2. Locate node object self-terminate and set it to true to enable the self-terminate behavior.

   freezemonitor.xml

    106|	<Object>
    107|        <Name>self-terminate</Name>
    108|		<Description>Enable self-termination</Description>
    109|        <Value type="Bool">true</Value>

   By default, freezemonitor does not perform the task during its first startup, you can change this by setting the skip-on-startup object to false.

3. Locate the node object task and determine the factor to help decide when the freezemonitor will self-terminate. Choose among the tasks subobjects, bind, tail, and display.

   Example: freezemonitor.xml

    111|	<Object>
    112|        <Name>task</Name>
    113|        <Description>Criterion for self-termination. Options ( bind, tail or display )</Description>
    114|        <Value type="String">tail</Value>

   • If you choose the bind task, locate the node object bind and list (comma-separated) executables that should not run for freezemonitor to self-terminate.
     Example: bind task

     128|	<Object>
     129|        <Name>bind</Name>
     130|        <Description>Returns true when none of the listed executables are running. Ex: *femfat.tcl*,*a4_linux64*</Description>
     131|        <Value type="String">*a4_linux64*</Value>

   • If you choose the tail task, locate the node object tail and list patterns that the user processes need to match. If all running user processes match a pattern, freezemonitor will self-terminate.
     Example: tail task

     133|	<Object>
     134|        <Name>tail</Name>
     135|        <Description>Returns true when all the user's processes match any of the patterns below</Description>
     136|        <Value type="String">*openit_*,sshd*,bash,*sftp-server*,*ps *</Value>

   • If you choose the display task, freezemonitor will self-terminate if it can no longer connect to the user display.
     freezemonitor.xml

     138|	<Object>
     139|        <Name>display</Name>
     140|        <Description>Returns true if freezemon cannot connect to the user's display</Description>
     141|        <Value type="String"></Value>

4. Save the changes.

5. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/bin, run the command:

   Command Syntax

    cd $BIN_DIR

   Example

    cd /var/opt/openit/bin

6. Update the configuration file, run the command:

   Command Syntax

    ./openit_confbuilder --client