Hi,
I would like to know what would be the best way to start background
process in production environment. I have implemented background
process by using the web2py book chapter as a template ("http://
www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Background-Processes-and-Task-Queues").
I start background process manually on my development machine
(Winddows 7, web2py webserver) and it works great. Now it is time to
publish my app on production server (debian linux, apache2, mod_wsgi).
I was wondering what would be the best and the most simple way to
start this background process together with apache/mod_wsgi? Ideal
solution would be cross-platform compatible but this is not
mandatory.
As far as i know there are several different options but I do not know
what is the best and what are advantages and disadvantages of
different methods:
1) manually from shell:
- laborious and should be done upon every server reboot
2) init script:
- good option and can be integrated with apache2 init script
3) web2py-cron-@reboot:
- is this even possible or recommended? However, this would be the
only cross-platform alternative
3) system cron:
- cron job could check if background process is still running and
restart process if it has been crashed
How have you guys done this? Any suggestions?
Teemu
