How can I start go server permanently?

Question

I've got problem with my Go server.

When I'm connected to my NAS via SSH and do ./gogs web, the server is starting. But when I close the SSH connection, the server is stopped.

How I can start my Go server permanently?

Answer 1

This is not a Go-specifioc problem, what is happening is that the Go program is still attached to your terminal and when you log out, the kernel will trigger a SIGHUP to every binary still connected to that terminal session.

Your best option is probably to use nohup ./gogs web.

Second-best option would be to rewrite main, so that it intercepts and handles SIGHUP, stopping it from killing your program. However, doing so requires handling quite a few things properly (you really should close stdin, stdout and stderr; make sure all your logging is done through the log library, ...)

Answer 2

You have scripts in gogs allowing you to launch the server as a daemon:

• scripts/init/debian/gogs (recently fixed with issue 519)
• scripts/init/centos/gogs

That would allow the process to remain while the session is closed.

You have other options in issues 172.