SO what to do then? It appears no web2py.pid file is being created.
On Dec 18, 3:27 pm, ghoulmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Kenneth. When I look in the specified dir I see that no web2py > existed. I thought maybe you meant changing the value $PIDDIR, so I > tried that. I changed it to /root/$name and I ended up with the same > result. It created /root/web2py, but the directory is empty. > > On Dec 18, 2:18 pm, Kenneth Lundström <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > >
