How to make shortcuts to start and stop XAMPP on Ubuntu desktop?

Question

linux

For convenience, you need to make shortcuts to start / restart / stop XAMPP on the desktop .

Answer 1

Let's say you want to run Apache2, for this you need:
So, as you will not run from the terminal - then:
Now get a graphical window for entering a password.
If you also want to run mysql/mariadb - create a simple bash script, put commands there, execute it via pkexec.
It is most convenient to create your own service - by analogy with the rest in /etc/init.d, put it next to it, you can call it through service by name.
The shortcut can be created manually by duplicating and editing any file from ~/.local/share/applications(there is likely to be at least one there), or graphically through the alacarte application (install if not worth it), and transferring it to the desktop.
As a result, you can create your own service, and run it through a shortcut using pkexec.
At the end - my service for an example (the /etc/init.d/webserver file, you need to remember to make it executable):

#!/bin/sh

start()
{
  service apache2 start
  service mysql start
  service memcached start
  service php5-fpm start
  service hhvm start
  service nginx start
}
stop()
{
  service apache2 stop
  service mysql stop
  service memcached stop
  service php5-fpm stop
  service hhvm stop
  service nginx stop
}
restart()
{
  service apache2 restart
  service mysql restart
  service memcached restart
  service php5-fpm restart
  service hhvm restart
  service nginx restart
}

case "$1" in
start)	echo -n " * Starting WebServer...\n"
  start
    echo " * OK!\n" 
  ;;
stop)	echo -n " * Stopping WevServer...\n"
  stop
    echo " * OK!\n"
    ;;
restart) echo -n " * Restarting WebServer...\n"
  restart
    echo " * OK!\n"
    ;;
esac
exit 0

In the shortcut, the command pkexec service webserver startis , well, stop / restart by analogy.
Also read about folders /etc/initand /etc/rc*.dif you want everything not to start at system startup, but only on demand.

Answer 2

1. Allow your user passwordless sudo to restart the necessary services
2. Make scripts that will restart
3. Put symlinks on these scripts / scripts themselves / desktop files to run scripts on the desktop
4. Do not listen to the three previous tips, restart from the command line lines.