How to stop webrick server after calling it as a daemon (-d option)

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I have run Webrick server (Redmine) using this command: ruby script/rails server webrick -e production -d. Now I would like to stop the server, but sending a SIGTERM signal or calling kill doesn't work. How to stop the server?

Can you post the output of `ps aux|grep ruby` ? – Tom O'Connor Aug 10 '13 at 21:15 — Tom O'Connor, Aug 10 '13 at 21:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '13 at 10:51

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Send it a SIGKILL (e.g. by calling kill -9 <pid of ruby> or kill -KILL <pid of ruby>).

answered Aug 11 '13 at 10:51

zhenech

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That's what I did, but I hope there is a better solution - more process-friendly. – Lukasz Czerwinski Aug 23 '13 at 12:32

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '13 at 10:55

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You can just pkill ruby hoping that nothing else ruby runs ;-)

answered Aug 11 '13 at 10:55

Marki

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Sysadmins don't hope like this. – user9517 Aug 11 '13 at 10:56
Use pkill -f -x ... if that comforts you – Marki Aug 11 '13 at 11:21

How to stop webrick server after calling it as a daemon (-d option)

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