Thanks Kenneth. When I look in the specified dir I see that no web2py existed. I thought maybe you meant changing the value $PIDDIR, so I tried that. I changed it to /root/$name and I ended up with the same result. It created /root/web2py, but the directory is empty.
On Dec 18, 2:18 pm, Kenneth Lundström <kenneth.t.lundst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try to move the web2py.pid file and try again. > > Kenneth > > > Thanks for the tip! Removed --quiet from the two lines. The service > > still doesn't appear to start on startup (after reboot). When I > > manually start with /etc/init.d/web2py (root user) I get this: No > > process in pidfile '/var/run/web2py/web2py.pid' found running; none > > killed. And the service doesn't seem to work. > > > What can be a wise next step? > > > On Dec 18, 10:33 am, jeff<jef...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When I had this kind of problem, I removed the --quiet and -- > >> background in the /etc/init.d/web2py file (line 65 and 67 of your 3rd > >> file). > >> I was then able to get some error messages when doing /etc/init.d/ > >> web2py start > > >> In my case, it helped me to find a stupid error I did. > > >> Good luck. > > >> On Dec 18, 5:59 am, ghoulmann<rikgold...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Thanks so much for the reply. I did try both; retried them when I saw > >>> your response. Both commands start web2py.py listening on :8000. SO, > >>> it does work in these cases. Is there something I can try next? > >>> On Dec 17, 6:34 pm, mdipierro<mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > >>>> did you try start it simply with > >>>> python web2py.py -a password > >>>> or > >>>> nohup python web2py.py -a password& > >>>> Does it work fine in these cases? > >>>> On Dec 17, 4:59 pm, ghoulmann<rikgold...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> I'm thankful this community is here. I'm working on a project for the > >>>>> Sahana-Eden team [1]. It calls for running web2py as a service. I was > >>>>> thankful to find documentation in the 3rd edition Official Web2py Book > >>>>> [2]. Sadly, when I follow the docs I can't get the service running. / > >>>>> etc/init.d/web2py start returns no errors; restart returns no errors, > >>>>> and status returns nothing. Netstat tells me the interface isn't > >>>>> listening on port 8000. > >>>>> I did use the scripts/web2py.ubuntu.sh script, and did as instructed > >>>>> in the documentation. I made changes to some of the paramaters near > >>>>> the top of the script; I've made it available as a pastebin [3]. > >>>>> I've double-checked the daemon directory, and believe it to be > >>>>> correct. I have created web2py user with no password (using useradd); > >>>>> as web2py is new to me, I'm not sure that's necessary, but it has been > >>>>> done. Web2py has precisely the same mode as a working service (webmin > >>>>> in this case) and is owned root:root. Mode is rwxr-xr-x. > >>>>> I would be very grateful for any guidance, suggestions, improvements, > >>>>> encouragement you can offer. > >>>>> Ultimately, it's the high school students that have committed to the > >>>>> project that will benefit - I'm in unfamiliar territory and learning > >>>>> along with them. > >>>>> Rik > >>>>> [1]http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrintlivecdinstaller > >>>>> [2]http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/11#Start-as-Linux-Daemon > >>>>> [3]http://pastebin.com/9Uz45k3G > >
