`twistd` is an utility that can be used to run twisted applications. It's shipped with `twisted` itself and it automatically takes care for you of logging, daemonizing, permissions and more; while still allowing you to configure all of these. Use this tag for questions about usage and problems with twistd command, pay attention to the difference between `twistd` and `twisted` and DO NOT use this tag for general twisted-related questions.
Questions tagged [twistd]
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Why is my twisted plugin not appearing when I run the `twistd` command with no options?
Here is the current state of my twistd plugin, which is located in project_root/twisted/plugins/my_plugin.py:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from zope.interface import implements
from twisted.plugin import IPlugin
from…
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How to modify the twisted log format？
I use the twisted's DailyLogFile,and run like this:
twistd --logfile=test.log myserver_tapname
The log file like this:
test.log.2014_3_9
But i hope the log like this:
test.log.2014_03_09
How can I format that output filename?
Thanks!
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User / Application specific values in Twisted .tac file
What's the best practice for putting additional configuration items, specific to my application, in a twistd ".tac" file? How do I access these items from inside my class?
Is there some property in the "application" object that's intended to store…
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How to set twistd.py ILogObserver when using IPlugin?
I want to redirect twistd.py's logging to python's logging. When starting a .tac file normally I can easily do this:
from twisted.python.log import PythonLoggingObserver, ILogObserver
from twisted.application import service
application =…
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twistd.py log to both stdout and file
I'm using twistd.py to run my application as follows:
twistd -noy -l logfile.log tacfile.tac
The unfortunate thing with this is that all output now goes to the log file, which is better for debugging things in the past but worse for debugging…
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Unclean exist with twisted+wxPython
I'm using twistd. Here is the sole service in the application:
class GameClientService(internet.TCPClient):
def __init__(self, serverHost, serverPort):
self.wxApp = wx.App(False)
reactor.registerWxApp(self.wxApp)
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How to reliably get pid of twistd spawned process?
I have a Python program that uses psutil to run some various twistd ... commands. twistd spawns and daemonizes a process and writes a foo.pid from which I can read the pid.
It also sets up so that this pid-file is cleaned up when the process…
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Run autobahn application with twistd
I've developed a websocket server on Twisted with autobahn lib. Now I want to run it as a daemon with twistd. In case of simple TCP server I would do something like that:
application = service.Application("someapp") # create the…
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Run Non-Twisted-based Python script daemonized with twistd
I'm writing a Python program consisting of a server (using Twisted) and a client (without Twisted)
The server part is implemented using Twisted and Twisted's application framework and launched with Twistd to be daemonized.
The client which runs on a…
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Plugin doesn't show up when running twistd
I created a test twistd plugin following the MyProject example here:
https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/tap.html
but when I run twistd --help from the project root, the myproject program doesn't appear.
twistd --version…
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How deploy Twistd https application (.tac) with systemd as unprivileged user?
My https(port 443) twistd application (.tac) works fine deployed as a systemd service but the unit file requires user:root to listen/bind ports below 1000. The problem is that twistd runs also as user:root.
How to listen/bind port 443 then hand-off…
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run in twistd instead of python
I need to debug my twisted application. I am using pycharm and from what I understand I can start my application in twistd with the --no-daemon option in order to step through the code.
I have the following code to start the server.
def main():
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Twistd swallowing exceptions
I have basically copied this example. Just trying to get the most basic to work: publishing and consuming. Hence have added a simple basic_publish.
consumer.py
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
import pika
from pika import exceptions
from pika.adapters import…
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Check if initializing of a twisted service using twistd failed with an error
Using twistd plugin system I launch Twisted applications. With the help of this SO answer, I've implemented a PID file (where the process ID is written into it) to determine if a daemon has been successfully started or not.
The monitoring of the…
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Starting python Klein using twistd throws no module Error
Hi, I am trying to start a Klein server using twistd method. I
tried it by reading the Klein documentation.
But when I tried to start the server, it says no module found.
Here is the sample code of what i tried,
helloworld.py :
from klein import…
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