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How to make a python script a service

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I have a python script that is currently run from cron. We want to make it into a service so it can be controlled with service start/stop/restart.
Can anyone point me at site that has instructions on how to do this?

posted Dec 9, 2013 by Deepankar Dubey

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The keyword your looking for here is "daemonize".
commented Dec 9, 2013 by anonymous
I don't just want to make it into a daemon - I want to control it with the service command.
commented Dec 9, 2013 by anonymous

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Try to use this
http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/

it allows you start/stop/restart the script using the following commands.

python myscript.py start
python myscript.py stop
python myscript.py restart
answer Dec 9, 2013 by Sumit Pokharna
Turn it into a daemon as described, then take a look at the existing scripts in /etc/init.d/. There might even be a template in there iirc. Your script will likely be a simple wrapper around your daemonized python program.

After that, just do a "chkconfig --add “ where myscript is the name of your script in /etc/init.d.
commented Dec 9, 2013 by anonymous
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