#!/bin/bash set +e # Not all of these exist on every platform # This is intended to be executed on VMs as a startup script on initial-boot. # Alternativly, it may be executed with the '--list' option to return the list # of systemd units defined for disablement (useful for testing). EVIL_UNITS="cron crond atd apt-daily-upgrade apt-daily fstrim motd-news systemd-tmpfiles-clean" if [[ "$1" == "--list" ]] then echo "$EVIL_UNITS" exit 0 fi echo "Disabling periodic services that could destabilize testing:" for unit in $EVIL_UNITS do echo "Banishing $unit (ignoring errors)" ( sudo systemctl stop $unit sudo systemctl disable $unit sudo systemctl disable $unit.timer sudo systemctl mask $unit sudo systemctl mask $unit.timer ) &> /dev/null done