def run(self):
        if not self.services:
            self.log.warning("no service checks are configured")
        else:
            self.log.info("going to lunch %s threads", len(self.services))
            if self.config.has_option('daemon', 'splay_startup'):
                splay_startup = self.config.getfloat('daemon', 'splay_startup')
            else:
                splay_startup = None
            for service in self.services:
                self.log.debug("lunching thread for %s", service)
                _config = {}
                for option, getter in SERVICE_OPTIONS_TYPE.items():
                    try:
                        _config[option] = getattr(self.config, getter)(service,
                                                                       option)
                    except NoOptionError:
                        pass
                _thread = ServiceCheck(service, _config, self.action,
                                       splay_startup)
                _thread.start()
        while True:
            operation = self.action.get(block=True)
            if isinstance(operation, ServiceCheckDiedError):
                self.log.critical(operation)
                self.log.critical("This is a fatal error and the only way to "
                                  "recover is to restart, thus exiting with a "
                                  "non-zero code and let systemd act by "
                                  "triggering a restart")
                sys.exit(1)
            self.log.info("returned an item from the queue for %s with IP "
                          "prefix %s and action to %s Bird configuration",
                          operation.name,
                          operation.ip_prefix,
                          operation)
            bird_updated = self._update_bird_conf_file(operation)
            self.action.task_done()
            if bird_updated:
                ip_version = operation.ip_version
                if operation.bird_reconfigure_cmd is None:
                    reconfigure_bird(
                        self.bird_configuration[ip_version]['reconfigure_cmd'])
                else:
                    run_custom_bird_reconfigure(operation)