On linux an unix-like systems is demon the designation of processes running in the background and providing certain services. Direct user intaractions with demons are not intended.
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"Job failed to start" - Hey but why?
I'm running through an error that's giving me serious headache. Tried to Google for it but all I find is about MySQL which doesn't apply here.
I've just updated Node and Ghost (blogging platform) on Ubuntu. Had some major issues to update Node…
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What is meant by /sbin/init too old?
I am trying to use Upstart to daemonize a script. So, I made a .conf file under /etc/init/. Now to check the conf file I did
init-checkconf /etc/init/ping_me.conf
And it says
ERROR: version of /sbin/init too old
My linux kernel version is…
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daemon function not found in CentOS 6.6
I am trying to set init.d script for some service - let it be less
Here is my script:
#!/bin/bash -xv
# description: read service
#Source function library
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ];then
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how do I set monit to non-daemon mode
I'm trying to get monit to just excite the monitrc script once and then exit.
I've tried
monit -v -Ic /tmp/monitrc
but when I look at the output it says:
Runtime constants:
Control file = /tmp/monitrc
Log file = (not defined)
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How to configure a newer version of Supervisord to start on system boot in Ubuntu 12.02?
How do you configure a newer version of supervisor to start on system boot in Ubuntu?
Some distributions simply lag behind in their repositories.
When I use easy install (as recommended by default on the supervisor website) I only get the binary…
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MacOS Yosemite: Does setting PATH variable in /Library/LaunchDaemon work?
I launch a thing written in python from plists in /Library/LaunchDaemons in Yosemite and I want it to run some scripots. And it seems not to take PATH fro the plist file.
For example if I have this in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.foo.foo.plist
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Unable to get Rsyslog structured data in syslog message
I am new to syslog module. I am trying to log messages with structured data by using this parameter in template. But it is showing null value for structured data. I am working with rsyslogd 5.8.11 and rsyslogd 4.8.4 and for both the versions i am…
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FreeBSD: netatalk3 daemon keeps restarting
I set up a netatalk3 / afpd daemon on my FreeBSD server about half a year ago and used it as networked TimeMachine for my MacBook Pro. Pretty much fire and forget.
Then, beginning of this month, I upgraded from version 3.1.2,1 to 3.1.7,1.
From what…
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Supervisord as Windows Service on Cygwin
I am attempting to run Celery as a Windows Service using Supervisord. I followed the configuration laid out on the Celery site and here. I have set up a virtual environment to run supervisord through cygwin. I have highlighted the lines I think are…
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Oracle 6.5: MySQL Daemon failed to start
I installed MySQL by following these instructions on my Oracle Linux Server release 6.5, specifically using the yum package installer command,
yum install mysql mysql-server mysql-libs mysql-server
However I repeatedly keep getting the following…
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Launchd job runs but then quits immediately
I wish to load and run a Lisp program in CCL in the background automatically when my Mac (OS 10.9) boots. I have a launchd plist that I've saved to /Library/LaunchDaemons,
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Upstart - make "reload" behave like "restart"
I have a daemon process that doesn't respond to SIGHUP sent when running reload.
It runs under an unprivileged user, and I can't restart it without sudo privileges.
Is there a way to make reload to behave the same as restart, by changing the task…
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WSGIDaemonProcess for each application instance
I'm using Apache & mod_wsgi to deploy a django application on several servers. I've read in multiple places (including this: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2012/10/why-are-you-using-embedded-mode-of.html) that it's better to use the Daemon mode of wsgi.…
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How to stop webrick server after calling it as a daemon (-d option)
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?
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What is the maximum allowable startup time for a daemon startup script?
What is the maximum allowable startup time for a daemon startup script?
I do have a tomcat server that takes a lot of time to start and I could include logic inside the startup script to check if the service successfully started or not.
Still, I…
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