Try to move the web2py.pid file and try again.
Kenneth
Thanks for the tip! Removed --quiet from the two lines. The service
still doesn't appear to start on startup (after reboot). When I
manually start with /etc/init.d/web2py (root user) I get this: No
process in pidfile '/var/run/web2py/web2py.pid' found running; none
killed. And the service doesn't seem to work.
What can be a wise next step?
On Dec 18, 10:33 am, jeff<[email protected]> wrote:
When I had this kind of problem, I removed the --quiet and --
background in the /etc/init.d/web2py file (line 65 and 67 of your 3rd
file).
I was then able to get some error messages when doing /etc/init.d/
web2py start
In my case, it helped me to find a stupid error I did.
Good luck.
On Dec 18, 5:59 am, ghoulmann<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks so much for the reply. I did try both; retried them when I saw
your response. Both commands start web2py.py listening on :8000. SO,
it does work in these cases. Is there something I can try next?
On Dec 17, 6:34 pm, mdipierro<[email protected]> wrote:
did you try start it simply with
python web2py.py -a password
or
nohup python web2py.py -a password&
Does it work fine in these cases?
On Dec 17, 4:59 pm, ghoulmann<[email protected]> wrote:
I'm thankful this community is here. I'm working on a project for the
Sahana-Eden team [1]. It calls for running web2py as a service. I was
thankful to find documentation in the 3rd edition Official Web2py Book
[2]. Sadly, when I follow the docs I can't get the service running. /
etc/init.d/web2py start returns no errors; restart returns no errors,
and status returns nothing. Netstat tells me the interface isn't
listening on port 8000.
I did use the scripts/web2py.ubuntu.sh script, and did as instructed
in the documentation. I made changes to some of the paramaters near
the top of the script; I've made it available as a pastebin [3].
I've double-checked the daemon directory, and believe it to be
correct. I have created web2py user with no password (using useradd);
as web2py is new to me, I'm not sure that's necessary, but it has been
done. Web2py has precisely the same mode as a working service (webmin
in this case) and is owned root:root. Mode is rwxr-xr-x.
I would be very grateful for any guidance, suggestions, improvements,
encouragement you can offer.
Ultimately, it's the high school students that have committed to the
project that will benefit - I'm in unfamiliar territory and learning
along with them.
Rik
[1]http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrintlivecdinstaller
[2]http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/11#Start-as-Linux-Daemon
[3]http://pastebin.com/9Uz45k3G
