ocf_heartbeat_symlink - Manages a symbolic link

ClusterLabscontributors(seetheresourceagentsourceforinformationaboutindividualauthors) resource-agents 4.16.0-3ubuntu 06/25/2025 OCF_HEARTBEAT_SYMLIN(7)

This resource agent that manages a symbolic link (symlink). It is primarily intended to manage configuration files which should be enabled or disabled based on where the resource is running, such as cron job definitions and the like.

The following is an example configuration for a symlink resource using the crm(8) shell: primitive p_symlink ocf:heartbeat:symlink \ params \ link=string \ target=string \ op monitor depth="0" timeout="15s" interval="60s"

The following is an example configuration for a symlink resource using pcs(8) pcs resource create p_symlink ocf:heartbeat:symlink \ link=string \ target=string \ op monitor OCF_CHECK_LEVEL="0" timeout="15s" interval="60s"

ocf_heartbeat_symlink - Manages a symbolic link

This resource agent supports the following actions (operations): start Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 15s. stop Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 15s. monitor Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 15s. Suggested interval: 60s. meta-data Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5s. validate-all Performs a validation of the resource configuration. Suggested minimum timeout: 10s.

link Full path of the symbolic link to be managed. This must obviously be in a filesystem that supports symbolic links. (required, string, no default) target Full path to the link target (the file or directory which the symlink points to). (required, string, no default) backup_suffix A suffix to append to any files that the resource agent moves out of the way because they clash with "link". If this is unset (the default), then the resource agent will simply refuse to create a symlink if it clashes with an existing file. (optional, string, no default)

symlink [start | stop | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]