[LRUG] Blog post: Init Scripts For Web Apps On Linux, And Why You Should Be Using Them

[Kasper Grubbe]

I don't understand the Ali G joke/reference/etc. tagline.

It could be interesting to dive a bit further into using it with Unicorn,
and go a bit more in depth with deployments. I believe you would be able to
achieve zero-downtime deploys when reloading new code by issuing `systemctl
reload app`.

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On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Asfand Yar Qazi <ayqazi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wrote a blog post, thought I'd share it here since I had my
> experiences as a Ruby dev in mind when I wrote it.
>
> "No, not a script that makes you talk like Ali G
>
> I have seen too many servers running production applications, where if
> the server has to be rebooted, someone has to log into it and restart
> the app. Everyone knows of these magical arcane things called 'init
> scripts' which start various services when a server boots up, but for
> some reason they are often not used by developers - perhaps due to
> fear of complexity. While they were fairly complex a while back,
> things have gotten much easier with the advent of newer technologies
> on the scene."
>
>
> http://www.thedevopsdoctors.com/blog/2016/4/8/init-scripts-for-web-apps-on-linux-and-why-you-should-be-using-them
>
> Regards,
>      Asfand
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