START_SERVER(1)

NAME
start_server - a superdaemon for hot-deploying server programs

SYNOPSIS
  start_server [options] -- server-prog server-arg1 server-arg2 ...

  # start Plack using Starlet listening at TCP port 8000
  start_server --port=8000 -- plackup -s Starlet --max-workers=100 index.psgi

DESCRIPTION
This script is a frontend of Server::Starter. For more information please refer to the documenation of the module.

OPTIONS

  --port=(port|host:port)
TCP port to listen to (if omitted, will not bind to any ports)

  --path=path
path at where to listen using unix socket (optional)

  --interval=seconds
minimum interval to respawn the server program (default: 1)

  --signal-on-hup=SIGNAL
name of the signal to be sent to the server process when start_server receives a SIGHUP (default: SIGTERM)

  --pid-file=filename
if set, writes the process id of the start_server process to the file

  --status-file=filename
if set, writes the status of the server process(es) to the file

  --restart
this is a wrapper command that reads the pid of the start_server process from --pid-file, sends SIGHUP to the process and waits until the server(s) of the older generation(s) die by monitoring the contents of the --status-file

  --help
prints this help

  --version
prints the version number

AUTHOR
Kazuho Oku

SEE ALSO
Server::Starter

LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.