how to make foreman start god

Question

I have a Procfile like this:

web: bundle exec unicorn -c config/unicorn.rb -E production
god: god -c services.god

but foreman start god doesn't start...it's just say this:

17:14:32 god.1  | started with pid 29506
17:14:32 god.1  | exited with code 0
17:14:32 system | sending SIGTERM to all processes
SIGTERM received

if I run god -c services.god, all services run fine...
Any ideas?
Thanks

Answer 1

You should not be running god with foreman. foreman is used to specify all the background (and web) processes in your application, and god is a process monitoring framework for those processes.

Typically, you should:

1. Specify all your processes directly in your Procfile (instead of services.god), and use foreman start to run them in development.
2. Use god to monitor the processes in production. I use my foreman_god gem to load the Procfile directly with god. Alternatively, you can export a god config file.

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That said, if you really want to run god from foreman: god runs as a daemon by default, and daemons don't work with foreman (see this wiki page). It should work if you pass the -D (Don't daemonize) option to god:

god: god -D -c services.god

Answer 2

may be you should use something like this if you are using god with rvm,

god: rvmsudo god -c /path_to_yourgod_file.god

but why you need two different monitoring systems while you can use any one them to get your work done?