[CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Martell
We have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to make it into a service so it can be controlled with service start/stop/restart. Can anyone point me at site that has instructions on how to do this? I've googled but haven't found anything.

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Andrew Holway
The keyword your looking for here is daemonize. On 9 December 2013 12:54, Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com wrote: We have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to make it into a service so it can be controlled with service start/stop/restart. Can anyone point me at

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Fabrizio Di Carlo
Try to use this http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/ it allows you start/stop/restart the script using the following commands. python myscript.py start python myscript.py stop python myscript.py restart Source:

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Andrew Holway andrew.hol...@gmail.com wrote: The keyword your looking for here is daemonize. I don't just want to make it into a daemon - I want to control it with the service command. On 9 December 2013 12:54, Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com wrote: We

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Fabrizio Di Carlo dicarlo.fabri...@gmail.com wrote: Try to use this http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/ it allows you start/stop/restart the script using the following commands. python myscript.py start python

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Matt Garman
Turn it into a daemon as described, then take a look at the existing scripts in /etc/init.d/. There might even be a template in there iirc. Your script will likely be a simple wrapper around your daemonized python program. After that, just do a chkconfig --add myscript“ where myscript is the name

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2013-12-09, Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Fabrizio Di Carlo dicarlo.fabri...@gmail.com wrote: Try to use this http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/ it allows you start/stop/restart the script using the

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread John Doe
From: Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com We have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to make it into a service so it can be controlled with service start/stop/restart. Can anyone point me at site that has instructions on how to do this? I've googled but haven't found

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Liam O'Toole liam.p.oto...@gmail.com wrote: On 2013-12-09, Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Fabrizio Di Carlo dicarlo.fabri...@gmail.com wrote: Try to use this

Re: [CentOS] making a script into a service

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:05 AM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com We have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to make it into a service so it can be controlled with service start/stop/restart. Can anyone point me at site that has