On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Karl E. Jorgensen <k...@fizzback.net> wrote > > You may want to look into jsvc - this has some similar capabilities. For > example, have a look at the init script for tomcat - this should be a good > template >
Thanks for the information - I have already looked into jsvc and, while it will work, the corporate standard here for all the servers running our own applications is daemontools so I am hesitant to create an "oddball" collection of servers. But I will certainly be considering jsvc in the future. Java processes tend to be a bit nasty here: e.g. tomcat is intended to shut > down when told (nicely) to shut down - by receipt of a message. But if it is > wedged, then it will not reply and needs to be killed. Again, the init > script for tomcat should be instructive here. > > Hope this helps > Usually our apps shutdown OK but there have, indeed, been instances where they needed to be shutdown more forcefully. Cheers, Fred.
