Run Python script at startup using upstart
- by MarcusMaximus
I'm trying to create an upstart script to run a python script on startup. In theory it looks simple enough but I just can't seem to get it to work. I'm using a skeleton script I found here and altered.
description "Used to start python script as a service"
author "Me <[email protected]>"
# Stanzas
#
# Stanzas control when and how a process is started and stopped
# See a list of stanzas here: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/Stanzas#respawn
# When to start the service
start on runlevel [2345]
# When to stop the service
stop on runlevel [016]
# Automatically restart process if crashed
respawn
# Essentially lets upstart know the process will detach itself to the background
expect fork
# Start the process
script
exec python /usr/local/scripts/script.py
end script
The test script I want it to run is currently a simple python script that runs without any issue when run from a terminal.
#!/usr/bin/python2
import os, sys, time
if __name__ == "__main__":
for i in range (10000):
message = "UpstartTest " , i , time.asctime() , " - Username: " , os.getenv("USERNAME")
#print message
time.sleep(60)
out = open("/var/log/scripts/scriptlogfile", "a")
print >> out, message
out.close()
The location/var/log/scripts has permissions 777
The file /usr/local/scripts/script.py has permissions 775
The upstart script /etc/init.d/pythonupstart.conf has permissions 755
