The -i argument should be 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 if you want other
machines on the network to access the web2py instance.
On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 3:07:20 PM UTC-5, Richard wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am pretty mistify by that issue. My ssh port forwarding is running just
> fine, I can start second web2py instance under 8002 port like this :
>
> sudo nohup python web2py.py --nogui -p 8002 -i 127.0.0.1 -a 'PWD' &
>
> It just work.
>
> But when I transfert this command into an init daemon, my file look like
> this :
>
> #! /bin/sh
> ### BEGIN INIT INFO
> # startup script for Ubuntu and Debian Linux servers
> #
> # To use this file
> # cp ubuntu.sh /etc/init.d/web2py
> #
> # To automatitcally start at reboot
> # sudo update-rc.d web2py defaults
> #
> # Provides: web2py
> # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
> # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
> # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
> # Default-Stop: S 0 1 6
> # Short-Description: web2py initscript
> # Description: This file starts up the web2py server.
> ### END INIT INFO
>
> # Author: Mark Moore
>
> PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
> DESC="Web Framework"
> NAME=web2py
> PIDDIR=/var/run/$NAME
> PIDFILE=$PIDDIR/$NAME.pid
> SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
> DAEMON=/usr/bin/python
> DAEMON_DIR=/home/www-data/$NAME
> *DAEMON_ARGS="web2py.py --nogui -p 8002 -i 127.0.0.1 -a
> 'PWD'--pid_filename=$PIDFILE"
> *
> DAEMON_USER=root
>
> # Exit if the package is not installed
> [ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
>
> # Read configuration variable file if it is present
> [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
>
> # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
> [ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
>
> # Define LSB log_* functions.
> # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
> . /lib/lsb/init-functions
>
> #
> # Function that starts the daemon/service
> #
> do_start()
> {
> # Return
> # 0 if daemon has been started
> # 1 if daemon was already running
> # 2 if daemon could not be started
>
> # The PIDDIR should normally be created during installation. This
> # fixes things just in case.
> [ -d $PIDDIR ] || mkdir -p $PIDDIR
> [ -n "$DAEMON_USER" ] && chown --recursive $DAEMON_USER $PIDDIR
>
> # Check to see if the daemon is already running.
> start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
> && return 1
>
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
> ${DAEMON_USER:+--chuid $DAEMON_USER} --chdir $DAEMON_DIR \
> --background --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS \
> || return 2
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> #
> # Function that stops the daemon/service
> #
> do_stop()
> {
> # Return
> # 0 if daemon has been stopped
> # 1 if daemon was already stopped
> # 2 if daemon could not be stopped
> # other if a failure occurred
>
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE
> RETVAL=$?
> # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit.
> rm -f $PIDFILE
> return "$RETVAL"
> }
>
> #
> # Function that restarts the daemon/service
> #
> do_restart()
> {
> # Return
> # 0 if daemon was (re-)started
> # 1 if daemon was not strated or re-started
>
> do_stop
> case "$?" in
> 0|1)
> do_start
> case "$?" in
> 0) RETVAL=0 ;;
> 1) RETVAL=1 ;; # Old process is still running
> *) RETVAL=1 ;; # Failed to start
> esac
> ;;
> *) RETVAL=1 ;; # Failed to stop
> esac
>
> return "$RETVAL"
> }
>
> #
> # Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
> #
> do_reload() {
> #
> # If the daemon can reload its configuration without
> # restarting (for example, when it is sent a SIGHUP),
> # then implement that here.
> #
> start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
> return 0
> }
>
> #
> # Function that queries the status of the daemon/service
> #
> do_status()
> {
> # Return
> # 0 if daemon is responding and OK
> # 1 if daemon is not responding, but PIDFILE exists
> # 2 if daemon is not responding, but LOCKFILE exists
> # 3 if deamon is not running
> # 4 if daemon status is unknown
>
> # Check to see if the daemon is already running.
> start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
> && return 0
> [ -f $PIDFILE ] && return 1
> return 3
> }
>
> case "$1" in
> start)
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
> do_start
> RETVAL=$?
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] &&
> case "$RETVAL" in
> 0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
> *) log_end_msg 1 ;;
> esac
> exit "$RETVAL"
> ;;
> stop)
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
> do_stop
> RETVAL=$?
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] &&
> case "$RETVAL" in
> 0|1) log_end_msg 0 ;;
> *) log_end_msg 1 ;;
> esac
> exit "$RETVAL"
> ;;
> #reload|force-reload)
> #
> # If do_reload() is not implemented then leave this commented out
> # and leave 'force-reload' as an alias for 'restart'.
> #
> #[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
> #do_reload
> #RETVAL=$?
> #[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg $?
> #exit "$RETVAL"
> #;;
> restart|force-reload)
> #
> # If the "reload" option is implemented then remove the
> # 'force-reload' alias
> #
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
> do_restart
> RETVAL=$?
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg "$RETVAL"
> exit "$RETVAL"
> ;;
> status)
> do_status
> RETVAL=$?
> [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] &&
> case "$RETVAL" in
> 0) log_success_msg "$NAME is running" ;;
> *) log_failure_msg "$NAME is not running" ;;
> esac
> exit "$RETVAL"
> ;;
> *)
> echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
> exit 3
> ;;
> esac
>
> :
>
> # This was based off /etc/init.d/skeleton from the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy
> release.
> # (md5sum: da0162012b6a916bdbd4e2580282af78). If we notice that changes,
> we
> # should re-examine things.
>
> # The configuration at the very top seems to be documented as part of the
> # Linux Standard Base (LSB) Specification. See section 20.6 Facility Names
> # in particular. This is also where I got the spec for the status parm.
>
> # References:
> #
> http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic.pdf
> # Debian Policy SysV init:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-sysvinit
> # Examine files in /usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/
>
> It started the second web2py instance properly, but when I try to login to
> the admin app the password recognition failed... I can access the page over
> the forwarding port over SSH, but admin don't let me in with the password I
> pass in the daemon_args (this line) : *DAEMON_ARGS="web2py.py --nogui -p
> 8002 -i 127.0.0.1 -a 'PWD' --pid_filename=$PIDFILE"*
>
> I put the changes I maid in orange...
>
> Also, it uses to work yesterday.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Richard
>
