I have Python script bgservice.py and I want it to run all the time, because it is part of the web service I build. How can I make it run continuously even after I logout SSH?
Run nohup python bgservice.py & to get the script to ignore the hangup signal and keep running. Output will be put in nohup.out.
Ideally, you'd run your script with something like supervise so that it can be restarted if (when) it dies.
If you've already started the process, and don't want to kill it and restart under nohup, you can send it to the background, then disown it.
Ctrl+Z (suspend the process)
bg (restart the process in the background
disown %1 (assuming this is job #1, use jobs to determine)
Running a Python Script in the Background
First, you need to add a shebang line in the Python script which looks like the following:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
This path is necessary if you have multiple versions of Python installed and /usr/bin/env will ensure that the first Python interpreter in your $$PATH environment variable is taken. You can also hardcode the path of your Python interpreter (e.g. #!/usr/bin/python3), but this is not flexible and not portable on other machines. Next, you’ll need to set the permissions of the file to allow execution:
chmod +x test.py
Now you can run the script with nohup which ignores the hangup signal. This means that you can close the terminal without stopping the execution. Also, don’t forget to add & so the script runs in the background:
nohup /path/to/test.py &
If you did not add a shebang to the file you can instead run the script with this command:
nohup python /path/to/test.py &
The output will be saved in the nohup.out file, unless you specify the output file like here:
nohup /path/to/test.py > output.log &
nohup python /path/to/test.py > output.log &
If you have redirected the output of the command somewhere else - including /dev/null - that's where it goes instead.
# doesn't create nohup.out
nohup command >/dev/null 2>&1
If you're using nohup, that probably means you want to run the command in the background by putting another & on the end of the whole thing:
# runs in background, still doesn't create nohup.out
nohup command >/dev/null 2>&1 &
You can find the process and its process ID with this command:
ps ax | grep test.py
# or
# list of running processes Python
ps -fA | grep python
ps stands for process status
If you want to stop the execution, you can kill it with the kill command:
kill PID
You could also use GNU screen which just about every Linux/Unix system should have.
If you are on Ubuntu/Debian, its enhanced variant byobu is rather nice too.
You might consider turning your python script into a proper python daemon, as described here.
python-daemon is a good tool that can be used to run python scripts as a background daemon process rather than a forever running script. You will need to modify existing code a bit but its plain and simple.
If you are facing problems with python-daemon, there is another utility supervisor that will do the same for you, but in this case you wont have to write any code (or modify existing) as this is a out of the box solution for daemonizing processes.
Alternate answer: tmux
ssh into the remote machine
type tmux into cmd
start the process you want inside the tmux e.g. python3 main.py
leaving the tmux session by Ctrl+b then d
It is now safe to exit the remote machine. When you come back use tmux attach to re-enter tmux session.
If you want to start multiple sessions, name each session using Ctrl+b then $. then type your session name.
to list all session use tmux list-sessions
to attach a running session use tmux attach-session -t <session-name>.
You can nohup it, but I prefer screen.
Here is a simple solution inside python using a decorator:
import os, time
def daemon(func):
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
if os.fork(): return
func(*args, **kwargs)
os._exit(os.EX_OK)
return wrapper
#daemon
def my_func(count=10):
for i in range(0,count):
print('parent pid: %d' % os.getppid())
time.sleep(1)
my_func(count=10)
#still in parent thread
time.sleep(2)
#after 2 seconds the function my_func lives on is own
You can of course replace the content of your bgservice.py file in place of my_func.
Try this:
nohup python -u <your file name>.py >> <your log file>.log &
You can run above command in screen and come out of screen.
Now you can tail logs of your python script by: tail -f <your log file>.log
To kill you script, you can use ps -aux and kill commands.
The zsh shell has an option to make all background processes run with nohup.
In ~/.zshrc add the lines:
setopt nocheckjobs #don't warn about bg processes on exit
setopt nohup #don't kill bg processes on exit
Then you just need to run a process like so: python bgservice.py &, and you no longer need to use the nohup command.
I know not many people use zsh, but it's a really cool shell which I would recommend.
If what you need is that the process should run forever no matter whether you are logged in or not, consider running the process as a daemon.
supervisord is a great out of the box solution that can be used to daemonize any process. It has another controlling utility supervisorctl that can be used to monitor processes that are being run by supervisor.
You don't have to write any extra code or modify existing scripts to make this work. Moreover, verbose documentation makes this process much simpler.
After scratching my head for hours around python-daemon, supervisor is the solution that worked for me in minutes.
Hope this helps someone trying to make python-daemon work
You can also use Yapdi:
Basic usage:
import yapdi
daemon = yapdi.Daemon()
retcode = daemon.daemonize()
# This would run in daemon mode; output is not visible
if retcode == yapdi.OPERATION_SUCCESSFUL:
print('Hello Daemon')
My question seems to be quite easy, but for some reason I did not find a quick answer to it. I have a python script that I want to run on the terminal command line (Ubuntu linux server), which works for me. But then I can't use the command line until the script ends. The script takes a long time to run, and I would like to continue using the command line to perform other tasks. How can you do the work of a script when its progress is not shown on the command line, but keep its work? And how can I see the active processes that are running on the server to see if a process is running?
Run script command:
python script.py
Add next with & echo "123":
The script takes a long time to run, and I would like to continue
using the command line to perform other tasks.
It seems that you want to run said process in background, please try pasting following
python script.py &
echo "123"
it should start your script.py and then output 123 (without waiting until script.py ends)
how can I see the active processes that are running on the server to
see if a process is running?
Using ps command
ps -ef
will list all processes which you would probably want to filter to get interested one to you.
I have a bash script that invokes a python script in a loop. It is working fine (in-order execution) when I run it normally in the foreground or If I run it in the background using '&' and don't close the terminal window. I am running this in a Mac.
My script looks like below:
for file in */List*.bin;do
newFile=${file%.bin}.txt
./Prog1 $file > "$newFile"
wait
python PyProg.py "$newFile" >> Report.txt
wait
done
Thisis how I run the script:
(sudo ./Script > log.txt) &
But if close the terminal and I check with 'top' command from a different terminal, It is only showing 'Prog1' and not python.
I don't know if the python is not being run at all or the system does some out of order execution.
anyway, I cannot see any new line being added in Report.txt.
I tried disown -h %1 after running this to detach the script from the terminal. But the result is the same.
I have ten python scripts in the same directory. How to run all of these from command line, that it will work in background?
I use SSH terminal to connect to server CentOS and run Python script as:
python index.py
But when I close client terminal SSH, proccess is died
You can use the & command to make things run in the background, and nohup so it continues on logout, such as
nohup python index.py &
If you want to run multiple things this way, it's probably easiest to just make a script to start them all (with a shell of your choice):
#!/bin/bash
nohup python index1.py &
nohup python index2.py &
...
As long as you don't need to interact with the scripts once they are started (and don't need any stdout printing) this could be pretty easily automated with another python script using the subprocess module:
for script in listofscripts:
#use subprocess.run() for python 3.x (this blocks until each script terminates)
subprocess.call(["python", script], *args) #use popen if you want non - blocking
*args is a link (it's coloring got overwritten by code highliting
also of note: stdout / stderr printing is possible, just more work..
I am running a python script sample_program.py on python via ssh. I log into the machine, and run
python3 sample_program.py &
and log off with the command 'exit'. Unfortunately, the script stops running after a few minutes.
What else could I use to run python scripts remotely and not keep the Terminal open?
nohup
nohup python3 sample_program.py &
is the simplest way (man nohup):
nohup - run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
and IMHO it is installed everywhere.
at
You can use the at command. The at execute commands at a later time. The at utility shall read commands from standard input and group them together as an at-job, to be executed at a later time.
For more information, options, examples, and others see the [Ubuntu Manpage Repository][1]
Example:
at now +8 hours -f python3 sample_program.py
You can also use convenient shorthands, like tomorrow or noon, as in
echo "tweet fore" | at teatime
Independently of any terminal
ssh root#remoteserver '/root/backup.sh </dev/null >/var/log/root-backup.log 2>&1 &'
You need to close all file descriptors that are connected to the ssh socket, because the ssh session won't close as long as some remote process has the socket open. If you aren't interested in the script's output (presumably because the script itself takes care of writing to a log file), redirect it to /dev/null (but note that this will hide errors such as not being able to start the script).
Using nohup has no useful effect here. nohup arranges for the program it runs not to receive a HUP signal if the program's controlling terminal disappears, but here there is no terminal in the first place, so nothing is going to send a SIGHUP to the process out of the blue. Also, nohup redirects standard output and standard error (but not standard input) to a file, but only if they're connected to a terminal, which, again, they aren't.
You can set a cron job.
For example if now the time is 14:39:00 and today is friday, 30 august, you can add the following cron job (to be executed after 8 hours) in your crontab file using crontab -e command:
39 22 30 8 5 /path/to/python3 /path/to/sample_program.py
Add the shebang to the start of your scripts!
#!/usr/bin/python3
Give it permissions to execute.
chmod +x python3
Execute remotely!
sudo nohup ./python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
This way it will run as a background process and detach from the terminal, and you will not be writing an unnecessary nohup.out file.
You DO NOT even need the .py file extension in Linux, nor do you need to use more characters than needed:
{ python3 python3.py }
is just the same with
{ ./python3 }
It just needs the shebang and to be executable.