Run script at boot

[MikeP1990]

Hello,

I'm looking to run a script at startup of a CentOS 64Bit VPS.

I have the script pretty much written just don't know how to make it run.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks.

[reed9]

In general, you can put commands/scripts in /etc/rc.local to run at startup, or in some distros it's /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
An introduction to services, runlevels, and rc.d scripts | Linux.com

[MikeP1990]

I went into /etc/rc.local and it seems that is the place to put it.

So say my script is fixup.sh. Would I put;

sh /etc/fixup.sh or just /etc/fixup.sh

Also, to delete it when it's finished, would I just put rm /etc/fixup.sh the line below?

Thanks.

[reed9]

Just /etc/fixup.sh, but your script should be flagged as executable first.

chmod +x /etc/fixup.sh

You want to delete the script afterwards? Yeah, rm /etc/fixup.sh should work.

By the way, odd location for the script.

[MikeP1990]

It's just a very basic script to make my life a bit easier for cPanel VPS servers. I've pasted the content below. Don't laugh , it's my first script. Any help on improving it will be appreciated!

#!/bin/bash
cd
echo "Updating the System"
yum -y update
echo "Updating cPanel/WHM"
/scripts/upcp
echo "Installing ConfigServer Security & Firewall"
rm -fv csf.tgz
wget ---csf.tgz
tar -xzf csf.tgz
cd csf
sh install.sh
cd
rm -fv csf.tgz
echo "Installing ConfigServer ModSecurity Control"
rm -fv cmc.tgz
wget ---csf.tgz
tar -xzf cmc.tgz
cd cmc
sh install.sh
cd
rm -fv cmc.tgz
echo "Installing ConfigServer Explorer"
rm -fv cse.tgz
wget ---cse.tgz
tar -xzf cse.tgz
cd cse
sh install.sh
cd
rm -fv cse.tgz
echo "Installing ConfigServer Mail Queues"
rm -fv cmq.tgz
wget ---cmq.tgz
tar -xzf cmq.tgz
cd cmq
sh install.sh
cd
rm -fv cmq.tgz
echo "Installing ConfigServer Mail Manage"
rm -fv cmq.tgz
wget ---cmm.tgz
tar -xzf cmm.tgz
cd cmm
sh install.sh
cd
rm -fv cmm.tgz
echo "Done!"

I just need that to be run at boot up and then delete itself when finished.

Thanks.