When I had this kind of problem, I removed the --quiet and -- background in the /etc/init.d/web2py file (line 65 and 67 of your 3rd file). I was then able to get some error messages when doing /etc/init.d/ web2py start
In my case, it helped me to find a stupid error I did. Good luck. On Dec 18, 5:59 am, ghoulmann <rikgold...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks so much for the reply. I did try both; retried them when I saw > your response. Both commands start web2py.py listening on :8000. SO, > it does work in these cases. Is there something I can try next? > > On Dec 17, 6:34 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > did you try start it simply with > > > python web2py.py -a password > > > or > > > nohup python web2py.py -a password & > > > Does it work fine in these cases? > > > On Dec 17, 4:59 pm, ghoulmann <rikgold...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm thankful this community is here. I'm working on a project for the > > > Sahana-Eden team [1]. It calls for running web2py as a service. I was > > > thankful to find documentation in the 3rd edition Official Web2py Book > > > [2]. Sadly, when I follow the docs I can't get the service running. / > > > etc/init.d/web2py start returns no errors; restart returns no errors, > > > and status returns nothing. Netstat tells me the interface isn't > > > listening on port 8000. > > > > I did use the scripts/web2py.ubuntu.sh script, and did as instructed > > > in the documentation. I made changes to some of the paramaters near > > > the top of the script; I've made it available as a pastebin [3]. > > > > I've double-checked the daemon directory, and believe it to be > > > correct. I have created web2py user with no password (using useradd); > > > as web2py is new to me, I'm not sure that's necessary, but it has been > > > done. Web2py has precisely the same mode as a working service (webmin > > > in this case) and is owned root:root. Mode is rwxr-xr-x. > > > > I would be very grateful for any guidance, suggestions, improvements, > > > encouragement you can offer. > > > > Ultimately, it's the high school students that have committed to the > > > project that will benefit - I'm in unfamiliar territory and learning > > > along with them. > > > > Rik > > > > [1]http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrintlivecdinstaller > > > [2]http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/11#Start-as-Linux-Daemon > > > [3]http://pastebin.com/9Uz45k3G > >
