Daemon

Some reading:

• https://blog.frd.mn/how-to-set-up-proper-startstop-services-ubuntu-debian-mac-windows/

No Hang Up

Example:

nohup ./myprogram > myprogram.out 2>&1 &

• nohup –> no hang up
• 2>&1–> stderr also goes to the stdout
• & –> run on background

Screen

screen -R [name]
screen -ls
screen -x [name]

• ctrl + a + d to exit
• ctrl + a + k to kill

Supervisor

• http://supervisord.org/
• https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/supervisor-monitor-linux-servers-processes/

Upstart

• http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/the-upstart-event-system-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it

Systemd

https://medium.com/@benmorel/creating-a-linux-service-with-systemd-611b5c8b91d6