support running as daemon
diff --git a/planetstack/planetstack-backend.py b/planetstack/planetstack-backend.py
index 7d94b67..7fac3d6 100755
--- a/planetstack/planetstack-backend.py
+++ b/planetstack/planetstack-backend.py
@@ -1,10 +1,41 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
+import argparse
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "planetstack.settings")
-from observer.backend import Backend
+from observer.backend import Backend
+from planetstack.config import Config
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+config = Config()
+
+# after http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html
+def daemon():
+ """Daemonize the current process."""
+ if os.fork() != 0: os._exit(0)
+ os.setsid()
+ if os.fork() != 0: os._exit(0)
+ os.umask(0)
+ devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR)
+ os.dup2(devnull, 0)
+ # xxx fixme - this is just to make sure that nothing gets stupidly lost - should use devnull
+ logdir=os.path.dirname(config.observer.logfile)
+ # when installed in standalone we might not have httpd installed
+ if not os.path.isdir(logdir): os.mkdir(logdir)
+ crashlog = os.open('%s'%config.observer.logfile, os.O_RDWR | os.O_APPEND | os.O_CREAT, 0644)
+ os.dup2(crashlog, 1)
+ os.dup2(crashlog, 2)
+
+def main():
+ # Generate command line parser
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage='%(prog)s [options]')
+ parser.add_argument('-d', '--daemon', dest='daemon', action='store_true', default=False,
+ help='Run as daemon.')
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ if args.daemon: daemon()
backend = Backend()
- backend.run()
-
+ backend.run()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+ main()
diff --git a/planetstack/plstackapi_config b/planetstack/plstackapi_config
index 6abdaaf..5d95231 100644
--- a/planetstack/plstackapi_config
+++ b/planetstack/plstackapi_config
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
omf_enabled=0
mail_support_address=support@localhost
nova_enabled=True
+logfile=/var/log/planetstack.log
[nova]
admin_user=admin@domain.com
@@ -31,3 +32,4 @@
[observer]
dependency_graph=/opt/planetstack/model-deps
+logfile=/var/log/planetstack_backend.log