Re: I can start my tracker from command line, but it does not start as a daemon...

Specifying the -l option on the command line appears to have worked, thanks.
I thought that specifying the filename in the [logging] section of config.ini would suffice, and that specifying -l would be redundant.

For now, I have both the filename option in the config.ini and the -l option on the command line pointing to the same file. Is there an advantage to having them point to different files?


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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of John P. Rouillard <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 11:15 AM
To: Ed Trumbull <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Roundup-users] I can start my tracker from command line, but it does not start as a daemon...

Hi Ed:

In message <PH7PR12MB5656D94374E0747B42F932DE843E9@PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.
outlook.com>,
Ed Trumbull writes:
>server is a VM running linux mint 21  (linux 5.15.0-52-generic)
>Roundup version is 2.2.0
>Python 3.10.6
>All patches to the system are in place.
>
>If I run this command from the command line:
>/usr/local/bin/roundup-server -n 0.0.0.0 -p 8917 -C /local/data/roundup/as2it/config.ini
>
>the server starts happily and I can access it.
>
>If I try to make it a daemon by running this:
>sudo /usr/local/bin/roundup-server -n 0.0.0.0 -p 8917 -d /run/roundup/as2it.pid -C /local/data/roundup/as2it/config.ini
>
>I don't see any errors, either in the syslog or on the command line, the
>pid file is updated with a new pid, but the daemon doesn't start.
>
>Where should I look to find out why?

The man page for roundup-server says:

       -l file
              Sets  a filename to log to (instead of stdout). This is required
              if the -d option is used.

Please add -l /path/to/file/writable/by/user/running/roundup-server to
the command line. My guess is the server is exiting because it fails
to open a log file. But by that time, roundup-server has disconected
from the terminal so the error gets lost.

I've opened a ticket to have roundup-server complain of -d is used without -l.

   https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fissues.roundup-tracker.org%2Fissue2551238&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEdT%40as2inc.com%7Cecd6b70bd59f4279b72208dac26dab4b%7C5287874e6a4b4ad48e3faf2630161633%7C0%7C0%7C638036073526319591%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xr9gCtEWsIamw08HCt9ANvswWBmCH6rMz43UCBAWjxc%3D&amp;reserved=0

Also since you are on mint/ubuntu/debian you might want to run
roundup-server under systemd. See:

   https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fp%2Froundup%2Fcode%2Fci%2Fdefault%2Ftree%2Fscripts%2Fsystemd.gunicorn&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEdT%40as2inc.com%7Cecd6b70bd59f4279b72208dac26dab4b%7C5287874e6a4b4ad48e3faf2630161633%7C0%7C0%7C638036073526319591%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GPHSTAwBho%2Bwl0KCnzPfrGCKE%2BnhNgJWxUxwGtL3t2Q%3D&amp;reserved=0

for a sample systemd unit file. Change out the ExecStart with your
command line without the -d or -l options. (Systemd will captue the
output to stdou and make it available via journalctl.) Also remove the
ExecReload setting (I think ExecStop/ExecStart is used if there is no
ExecReload but I may be wrong on that).

How is roundup working for you other than this?

Have a great rest of the week.
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                                -- rouilj
John Rouillard
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