[Backgroundrb-devel] Deploying to production with backgroundrb (capistrano)

[Ezra Zygmuntowicz]

Hey Jerrod-

	You need to use nohup in your tasks to start bdrb.

task :before_restart, :roles => :app do
   restart_backgroundrb
end

task :start_backgroundrb, :roles => :app do
   sudo "nohup /data/#{application}/current/script/backgroundrb start "
end

task :stop_backgroundrb, :roles => :app do
   sudo "kill -9 `cat /data/#{application}/current/log/ 
backgroundrb.pid` 2>/dev/null; true"
end

task :restart_backgroundrb, :roles => :app do
   stop_backgroundrb
   start_backgroundrb
end

Cheers-
-Ezra

On Feb 5, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Jerrod Blavos wrote:

> I have noticed that occasionally (about 50% of the time) when i  
> deploy (using capistrano) my app to a production server, i have to  
> ssh into the box and manually
> stop and start backgroundrb to get it to load my workers.
>
>  this is my basic setup
>
> i have 2 workers:
>
> lib/workers/mp3_worker.rb  => takes a hash of params to downsample  
> an mp3
> lib/workers/flv_worker.rb  =>  takes a has of arguments to compose  
> a command line to convert a file into flv
>
> in my recipe
> config/deploy.rb
>
>  i have 2 lines
>   run "#{current_path}/script/backgroundrb stop"
>   run "#{current_path}/script/backgroundrb start"
>
> that should stop the server and restart it.
>
>  after the deploy, i have started sshing in tot he box and running
>
> script/backgroundrb console
>
> and checking the loaded_worker_classes
>
> about 50% of the time, its empty. no classes loaded.
>
> if i manually run those commands, it starts and they load.   
> identical command. different (and upredictable) results.
>
> how would i go about ensuring that when i deploy that backgroundrb  
> restarts properly?  ideally i will only be restarting backgroundrb  
> when i have model changes or worker class changes that would affect  
> it's operation.
>
>
> Jerrod Blavos
> ph. 919.341.0143
> fx.  482.492.5009
> jerrod at indierockmedia.com
>
>
>
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