Maybe this should go into the docs somewhere. Maybe the scheduler docstring
next to the upstart script? Maybe post an issue on google code to update the
docs? http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list
On Jun 28, 2012, at 5:41 AM, Tyrone wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Although this script works great when upstart is available, when upstart is
> not available you can't do it like this. I struggled to find a solution on
> here or anywhere online, so I have made an alternative script which will work
> on sysvinit (/etc/init.d)
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/python
> PARAMETERS="/var/www/html/web2py/web2py.py -K init"
> LOGFILE=/var/log/web2py-scheduler.log
>
> start() {
> echo -n "starting up $DAEMON"
> RUN=`$DAEMON $PARAMETERS > $LOGFILE 2>&1`
> if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
> echo " Done."
> else
> echo " FAILED."
> fi
> }
> stop() {
> killall $DAEMON
> }
> status() {
> killall -0 $DAEMON
> if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
> echo "Running."
> else
> echo "Not Running."
> fi
> }
> case "$1" in
> start)
> start
> ;;
> restart)
> stop
> sleep 2
> start
> ;;
> stop)
> stop
> ;;
> status)
> status
> ;;
> *)
> echo "usage : $0 start|restart|stop|status"
> ;;
> esac
> exit 0
>
> I installed this on CentOS release 5.5, however I needed to follow these
> instructions to install:
>
> 1.) # vi web2py-scheduler
> 2.) Paste in the above
> 3.) Add in the following 2 lines in the web2py-scheduler file (required for
> centos i believe):
>
> # chkconfig: 2345 90 10
> # description: web2py-scheduler
>
> 4.) make it executable # chmod 755 web2py-scheduler
> 5.) add it to startup # chkconfig --add web2py-scheduler
