How to run artisan command in background Ubuntu 17.10

Question

I am trying with putty below command and its working

php artisan horizon

But if I close ssh (putty) this command automatically shut down.

I want to run this command always in the background.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 26 '17 at 06:21

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You have some options for run some process in background :

in your case the first option is the best.

answered Dec 26 '17 at 06:21

Amin Paydar

Thanks first one is working. Can you please guide me about the termination of this command if in future I want to stop this command. – UMAIR ALI Dec 26 '17 at 06:29
$ ps aux | grep php then you can see the pid of you command and then run $ kill -9 pid – Amin Paydar Dec 26 '17 at 06:34
maybe your process is finished. – Amin Paydar Dec 26 '17 at 06:57
this command php artisan horizon & working in the background until putty is working but I want this command work always run in the background after I close putty. – UMAIR ALI Dec 26 '17 at 07:07

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 26 '17 at 06:21

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Try with & at the end of the command to put the process background.

php artisan horizon &

answered Dec 26 '17 at 06:21

Can you please guide me about the termination of this command if in future I want to stop this command. – UMAIR ALI Dec 26 '17 at 06:29
You can use `fg` to get the last background command into the foreground and `Ctrl+c` to terminate it. – Pubudu Jayawardana Dec 26 '17 at 07:08
this command php artisan horizon & working in the background until putty is working but I want this command work always run in the background after I close putty. – UMAIR ALI Dec 26 '17 at 07:12

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