Hi everyone, The discussion is regarding an open issue (#842 <https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard/issues/842>) on the Apache APISIX Dashboard repository where the idea of running the manager-api as os service gained relevance. We are currently running the manager-api binary using `nohup` and detaching it simultaneously from the controlling terminal to make it immune to SIGHUP.
There is also an open PR (#1667 <https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard/pull/1667>) where I have written a systemd unit file that runs it as a systemd service that will work for most of the Linux system. However, after discussing with Junxu Chen we concluded that we should go for a platform-independent way to achieve this instead of writing configuration files for each platform. So the quest for a good, less bloated package has begun and here I am listing the packages that I think, should serve our purpose. 1. https://github.com/takama/daemon [supports Linux, win, osx] (easy APIs, uses OS-specific service manager under the hood, no nasty multiple forks) 2. https://github.com/kardianos/service [more stars] 3. https://github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon [Doesn't support windows till now] I have tested the first one on Linux for a simple gin server and found it really easy to use with less addition of bootstrap code. (the code <https://pastebin.com/T4jkiNxa> & the screenshot <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/41498427/114141510-4da36a80-992f-11eb-9ead-6293446ec2cd.png> ) It would be really great if you could help me to select the best one upon using your domain expertise. Recommendation of a good package is highly welcome :) Also what should be the ideal name for our service, `manager-api`, `apisix-dashboard` or anything else? Thanks. Best, Bisakh.
