---
name: "ocf_heartbeat_anything"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "resource-agents"
version: "1:4.16.0-3+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ocf_heartbeat_anything"
---

# ocf\_heartbeat\_anything(7)

Manages an arbitrary service

## NAME

ocf\_heartbeat\_anything - Manages an arbitrary service

## SYNOPSIS

**anything** \[start \| stop \| monitor \| meta-data \| validate-all\]

## DESCRIPTION

This is a generic OCF RA to manage almost anything.

## SUPPORTED PARAMETERS

**binfile**

The full name of the binary to be executed. This is expected to keep running with the same pid and not just do something and exit.

(required, string, no default)

**cmdline\_options**

Command line options to pass to the binary

(optional, string, no default)

**workdir**

The path from where the binfile will be executed.

(optional, string, no default)

**pidfile**

File to read/write the PID from/to.

(optional, string, default "/var/run/anything\_RESOURCE\_ID.pid")

**logfile**

File to write STDOUT to

(optional, string, default "/dev/null")

**errlogfile**

File to write STDERR to

(optional, string, no default)

**user**

User to run the command as

(optional, string, default "root")

**monitor\_hook**

Command to run in monitor operation

(optional, string, no default)

**stop\_timeout**

In the stop operation: Seconds to wait for kill -TERM to succeed before sending kill -SIGKILL. Defaults to 2/3 of the stop operation timeout.

(optional, string, no default)

## SUPPORTED ACTIONS

This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):

**start**

Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s.

**stop**

Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s.

**monitor**

Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 20s. Suggested interval: 10s.

**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: 5s.

## EXAMPLE CRM SHELL

The following is an example configuration for a anything resource using the [**crm**(8)](/crm/8.md) shell:

```
primitive p_anything ocf:heartbeat:anything \
  params \
    binfile=string \
  op monitor depth="0" timeout="20s" interval="10s"
```

## EXAMPLE PCS

The following is an example configuration for a anything resource using [**pcs**(8)](/pcs/8.md)

```
pcs resource create p_anything ocf:heartbeat:anything \
  binfile=string \
  op monitor OCF_CHECK_LEVEL="0" timeout="20s" interval="10s"
```

## SEE ALSO

**http://clusterlabs.org/**

## AUTHOR

**ClusterLabs contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors)**