We currently use an old version of systemd now for maintaining Webconverger services:

Install target
startx service
upgrade service

Named pipes are used to block certain actions until the network is up, as documented in webc.conf.

live-config.sh

/etc/webc/live-config.sh calls /etc/webc/wireless which sets up wireless networking configuration and proxy configuration. Basically things that need to be preset before networking is activated.

Once the network is setup, on a Debian system /etc/network/if-up.d is run, however in many cases in our experience only the interface is up and not the network neccessarily.

Therefore we have:

/etc/network/if-up.d/after-network-up

Which executes scripts in /etc/webc/network-up.d

live-config.sh dependencies on other Webconverger scripts: webc-id which is run from .xinitrc's webc.sh

live-config.sh contains logic that needs to be run as root.
webc.sh is the place where things can be run as the user.

/home/webc/.xinitrc → webc.sh

Dependencies on other Webconverger scripts: Waits for /etc/webc/id from webc-id

These are items that can run as the webc user

Logged in /home/webc/.xerrors

Note that only the bottom loop runs between browser sessions. For settings to take effect, it's best to reboot the machine.

Boot order

webc.sh blocks on network image
Network setup
webc-id has an id
webc.sh blocks on config image, echos read into $live_config_pipe
live-config.sh
upgrade.sh triggered by live-config.sh
webc.sh launches browser loop

Debugging

Append debug on cmdline and view /var/log/syslog. You can export logs using the log= API