Comments on: Starting Mongrel or Memcached with Launchd http://michael.biven.org/2006/12/22/starting-mongrel-or-memcached-with-launchd/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: pedz http://michael.biven.org/2006/12/22/starting-mongrel-or-memcached-with-launchd/comment-page-1/#comment-26 pedz Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:27:41 +0000 http://michael.biven.org/?p=250#comment-26 First, Thank you very much. This will help me a lot. I played with mongrel_rails start ... from the command line. -P and -l do not do anything if you are not going in to daemon mode. (I'm using 1.0.1). I'm scared to start multiple mongrels from the same plist. I don't understand how launchd is going to decide to do two fork/execs. So, I'm going to have a plist file for each mongrel instance. I think I'm going to use the chdir command of the launchd.plist to get me to the rails base. And I also think I'm going to use stdout and stderr options in the plist for the log files. First, Thank you very much. This will help me a lot.

I played with mongrel_rails start … from the command line. -P and -l do not do anything if you are not going in to daemon mode. (I’m using 1.0.1).

I’m scared to start multiple mongrels from the same plist. I don’t understand how launchd is going to decide to do two fork/execs. So, I’m going to have a plist file for each mongrel instance.

I think I’m going to use the chdir command of the launchd.plist to get me to the rails base. And I also think I’m going to use stdout and stderr options in the plist for the log files.

]]> By: Kristofer http://michael.biven.org/2006/12/22/starting-mongrel-or-memcached-with-launchd/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Kristofer Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:11:02 +0000 http://michael.biven.org/?p=250#comment-27 Thanks for the .plists. That's very helpful as a starting point. I've run into the same conceptual barrier time and time again when moving old-time daemons over to launchd. I keep forgetting that you can't start them up into daemon mode, or *even* background them. one small niggling point: Your labels aren't standard. For example Label local.server.memcached should be: Label com.danga.memcached Thanks for the .plists. That’s very helpful as a starting point. I’ve run into the same conceptual barrier time and time again when moving old-time daemons over to launchd. I keep forgetting that you can’t start them up into daemon mode, or *even* background them.

one small niggling point: Your labels aren’t standard. For example
Label
local.server.memcached

should be:
Label
com.danga.memcached

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