A command line utility for UNIX systems to run programs in the background, while also being able to print out logs, status, stop and restart the processes
This is mostly implemented for myself as a convenient script. I am using libc
to be able to fork processes and run them in the background. I cannot guarantee
that this is able to always have control of the running processes, and that
zombie processes wont happen, so use at your own risk :)
cargo install --git https://github.com/seblj/workerTo setup, create a .worker.toml in the root of where the projects are
located. For example, for one of my projects
foodie, a config file can look like this.
NOTE: To get the logs, I am piping stderr and stdout to a file, and a lot of
programs are suppressing ansi color codes when it is not a TTY. Because of
this, you might not see color in the logs when running a command. Please refer
to the docs for the program you are trying to run, to be able to pipe the
output with color codes. For example, with Rust, you are able to pass --color always to cargo for it to not suppress the color codes when piping to a file
[[project]]
name = "frontend"
command = "trunk --color always serve"
cwd = "/Users/sebastian/projects/foodie/frontend"
envs = { CARGO_TERM_COLOR = "always" }
display = "Foodie Frontend"
[[project]]
name = "backend"
command = "cargo watch -x 'run --color always'"
cwd = "/Users/sebastian/projects/foodie/backend"
display = "Foodie Backend"Usage: worker <COMMAND>
Commands:
start Starts the specified project(s). E.g. `worker start foo bar`
stop Stops the specified project(s). E.g. `worker stop foo bar`
restart Restarts the specified project(s). E.g. `worker restart foo bar` (Same as running stop and then start)
logs Print out logs for the specified project. Additionally accepts `-f` to follow the log. E.g. `worker logs foo`
status Prints out a status of which projects is running. Accepts no additional flags or project(s)
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-h, --help Print help