Package Products :: Package ZenUtils :: Module ZenDaemon :: Class ZenDaemon

Class ZenDaemon

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CmdBase.CmdBase --+
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                 ZenDaemon

Base class for creating daemons

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, noopts=0, keeproot=False)
Initializer that takes care of basic daemon options.

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openPrivilegedPort(self, *address)
Execute under zensocket, providing the args to zensocket

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writePidFile(self)
Write the PID file to disk

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setupLogging(self)
Create formating for log entries and set default log level

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sighandler_USR1(self, signum, frame)
Switch to debug level if signaled by the user, and to default when signaled again.

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changeUser(self)
Switch identity to the appropriate Unix user

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becomeDaemon(self)
Code below comes from the excellent recipe by Chad J.

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sigTerm(self, signum=None, frame=None)
Signal handler for the SIGTERM signal.

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integer

watchdogCycleTime(self)
Return our cycle time (in minutes)

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integer

watchdogStartTimeout(self)
Return our watchdog start timeout (in minutes)

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integer

watchdogMaxRestartTime(self)
Return our watchdog max restart time (in minutes)

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becomeWatchdog(self)
Watch the specified daemon and restart it if necessary.

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niceDoggie(self, timeout)

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buildOptions(self)
Standard set of command-line options.

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Inherited from CmdBase.CmdBase: buildParser, checkLogpath, generate_configs, generate_xml_configs, generate_xml_table, getConfigFileDefaults, parseOptions, pretty_print_config_comment

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Class Variables

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pidfile = None

Inherited from CmdBase.CmdBase: doesLogging

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, noopts=0, keeproot=False)
(Constructor)

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Initializer that takes care of basic daemon options. Creates a PID file.

Overrides: CmdBase.CmdBase.__init__

setupLogging(self)

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Create formating for log entries and set default log level

Overrides: CmdBase.CmdBase.setupLogging

becomeDaemon(self)

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Code below comes from the excellent recipe by Chad J. Schroeder.

watchdogCycleTime(self)

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Return our cycle time (in minutes)

Returns: integer: cycle time

watchdogStartTimeout(self)

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Return our watchdog start timeout (in minutes)

Returns: integer: start timeout

watchdogMaxRestartTime(self)

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Return our watchdog max restart time (in minutes)

Returns: integer: maximum restart time

buildOptions(self)

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Standard set of command-line options.

Overrides: CmdBase.CmdBase.buildOptions

Class ZenDaemon

__init__(self, noopts=0, keeproot=False) (Constructor)

setupLogging(self)

becomeDaemon(self)

watchdogCycleTime(self)

watchdogStartTimeout(self)

watchdogMaxRestartTime(self)

buildOptions(self)

init(self, noopts=0, keeproot=False)
(Constructor)