Reputation: 1719
I need to run a java jar in server in order to communicate between two applications. I have written two shell scripts to run it, but once I start up that script I can't shut down / terminate the process. If I press ctrl+C or close the console, the server will shut down. Could anyone help me how to modify this script to run as a normal server?
#!/bin/sh
java -jar /web/server.jar
echo $!
#> startupApp.pid
Upvotes: 129
Views: 299789
Reputation: 13855
Run in background and add logs to log file using the following:
nohup java -jar /web/server.jar > log.log 2>&1 &
Upvotes: 25
Reputation: 51481
If you're using Ubuntu and have "Upstart" (http://upstart.ubuntu.com/) you can try this:
Create /var/init/yourservice.conf
with the following content
description "Your Java Service"
author "You"
start on runlevel [3]
stop on shutdown
expect fork
script
cd /web
java -jar server.jar >/var/log/yourservice.log 2>&1
emit yourservice_running
end script
Now you can issue the service yourservice start
and service yourservice stop
commands. You can tail /var/log/yourservice.log
to verify that it's working.
If you just want to run your jar from the console without it hogging the console window, you can just do:
java -jar /web/server.jar > /var/log/yourservice.log 2>&1
Upvotes: 34
Reputation: 2169
Systemd which now runs in the majority of distros
Find your user defined services mine was at /usr/lib/systemd/system/
Create a text file with your favorite text editor name it whatever_you_want.service
Put following
Template to the file whatever_you_want.service
[Unit]
Description=webserver Daemon
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar /web/server.jar
User=user
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Run your service
as super user
$ systemctl start whatever_you_want.service # starts the service
$ systemctl enable whatever_you_want.service # auto starts the service
$ systemctl disable whatever_you_want.service # stops autostart
$ systemctl stop whatever_you_want.service # stops the service
$ systemctl restart whatever_you_want.service # restarts the service
Upvotes: 77
Reputation: 5089
You can try this:
#!/bin/sh
nohup java -jar /web/server.jar &
The & symbol, switches the program to run in the background.
The nohup utility makes the command passed as an argument run in the background even after you log out.
Upvotes: 322