Re: [Fab-user] Help running a background Task: celery daemon

[Amit Saha]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Todd DeLuca <address@hidden> wrote:
> A few things to try if you haven't already:
>
> Use fabric.api.sudo() instead of run().
>
> Make sure the command works, exactly as written, including the sudo, from
> the command line.  Sudo does weird things to $PATH.  For some details, see
> http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/464347-help-me-understand-sudo-path-weirdness-2.html.
>  Here is an example:
>
> $ echo $PATH
> /home/ec2-user/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/aws/bin:/home/ec2-user/bin
> $ sudo echo $PATH # Wrong!  PATH is expanded by the shell before running
> sudo
> /home/ec2-user/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/aws/bin:/home/ec2-user/bin
> $ sudo bash -c 'echo $PATH'
> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

Thanks for the tips, Todd. Like I replied earlier, I tried 'zdaemon'
and it worked for my purpose. I shall keep the sudo( ) in mind.

Best,
Amit
>
> Cheers,
> Todd
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Amit Saha <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello:
>>
>> I want to run 'celeryd' (celery daemon) as a background process on a
>> remote machine. I have tried to follow the FAQ and also the issue
>> tracker comments [1] and tried this using:
>>
>> run('cd {0:s};nohup sudo celeryd --loglevel=INFO --logfile={1:s} >&
>> "/dev/null" < "/dev/null" &'.format(worker_workdir,log),pty=False)
>>
>> Is this correct? It doesn't seem to be working.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best,
>> -Amit
>>
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