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Asked: 2016-09-20 12:53:15 +0800 CST

How to run python script at Ubuntu start?

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I use free AWS instance running Ubuntu 14.04 and run python script there. I would like to have this python script started with each Ubuntu reboot, so I've edited /etc/rc.local and added the following lines there:

cd ~/myappfolder
while true; do timeout 1h python worker.py --log-level=ERROR; done
exit 0

But it doesn't work. What could be wrong here?

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1 Answers

  1. You can also use crontab for this.

    cd ~/myappfolder while true; do timeout 1h python worker.py --log-level=ERROR; done exit 0

    Create a .sh file and save it. (For example to /etc/myscript.sh) Test run it. If you get a Permission Denied error run chmod +x /etc/myscript.sh

    Then run these commands:

    crontab -e
@reboot /etc/myscript.sh

    Those commands insert the last line into crontab so it runs everytime you reboot.

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