[Debian sysVinit] Can't start Kibana with /etc/init.d/kibana (exec quotation marks issue)

[martindolecek]

Kibana version:
7.12.1

Elasticsearch version:
7.12.1

Server OS version:
Debian Buster 10.9

Browser version:
not important

Browser OS version:
not important

Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.):
apt via https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main

Describe the bug:
While using sysvinit, Kibana can't start via /etc/init.d/kibana because exec doesn't accept multiple parameters in a quotation marks. exec \"$program $args\"

The newest package (7.12.1; /etc/init.d/kibana line 66 ) use wrong sh -c "exec \"$program $args\""
The older package (7.10.1; /etc/init.d/kibana line 69) use working sh -c "exec \"$program\""
The older package (6.8.13; /etc/init.d/kibana line 55) use working sh -c "exec \"$program\" $args"

Correct way is to use sh -c "exec $program $args"

Steps to reproduce:

1. Debian Stretch + sysVinit
2. apt-get install kibana=7.12.1
3. /etc/init.d/kibana start
4. tail /var/log/kibana/kibana.log

sh: 4: exec: /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana --logging.dest=/var/log/kibana/kibana.log: not found

5. sed '66s/\\"//g' /etc/init.d/kibana; /etc/init.d/kibana start

everything is ok:  "message":"Server running at http://127.0.0.1:xxxx"}

Expected behavior:
Kibana will start with sysVinit.

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Errors in browser console (if relevant):

Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant):

Any additional context:
Let's play with exec:

$ sh -c "exec \"echo ok\""
sh: 1: exec: echo ok: not found

$ sh -c "exec echo ok"
ok

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-operations (Team:Operations)

[jbudz]

Can you try installing the new version of the init script? This should be working on 7.12.1, but was broke on 7.12.0.

I double checked things and they should be okay. #95018

[martindolecek]

Unfortunately both versions (7.12.0, 7.12.1) have the same file (/etc/init.d/kibana) with wrong line exec \"$program $args\"

The pull #95018 you've mentioned looks fine, but it's not in the newest package 7.12.1.

[jbudz]

My apologies, I see now that it never made it back to 7.12. I opened #100477 to make sure this is addressed in 7.12.2

[jbudz]

This should be resolved now. Closing this out.