How can I run xsp4 as a background process on linux?

Question

Is there an easy way to get xsp4 running as a background process on a linux server?

When I run xsp4 I get this:

xsp4
Listening on address: 0.0.0.0
Root directory: /test
Listening on port: 80 (non-secure)
Hit Return to stop the server.

So if I quit the terminal I am running it from it stops the server.

Do I have to write a daemon to do this? Or is there already something in place that I am missing?

Thanks

Answer 1

You have a couple of options. If your problem is terminal closing, then screen can be simple solution (just run screen xsp4, then Ctrl+A,D and you can close terminal). If the method you have used suits you, then use it -- however xsp will die after terminal closing. xsp should be generally used for debugging, production solutions are FastCGI or apache module, so these are daemons "by definition".