Scripting with SSH and jboss startup

[ed.larkin]

hello,

I am working on an automated build project right now that involves a single build server and multiple app servers, on the build server I am running a script to start/stop jboss, check out code, compile, deploy ears, copy files.

I am currently running some scripts with ssh and they are all working fine except for the startup script:

On the build server I call:

ssh user@$SERVER '/home/user/scripts/build/startem.sh'

here is the startem.sh script on the local machine:

#!/bin/bash

JAVA_HOME="/opt/jdk"

export JAVA_HOME

JBOSS_HOME=/opt/jboss/

export JBOSS_HOME

/home/user/scripts/startservera.sh &

sleep 15

/home/mdfuser/scripts/startserverb.sh &

exit

Here is the startservera.sh startserverb.sh is identical except -c and its NODE2 not NODE1

DMFCODE=NODE1_QA

$JBOSS_HOME/bin/run.sh -b 0.0.0.0 -c servernamea -DMDFJVM=$DMFCODE other options here > ~/logs/server.log &

The problem is servera will startup, then serverb will startup but it never exits, so the ssh commands stays open and never finishes on the build server.

I have placed exits all over the place and none of them will escape the ssh command. I have a feeling it is the backgrounding ampersand in the startup script.

Anyone have any suggestions on how background without an ampersand? or possibly bypass this problem?

Thanks,

Ed

[peterj]

Have you tried using nohup to run both startup scripts. Example:

nohup /home/user/scripts/startservera.sh &

sleep 15

nohup /home/mdfuser/scripts/startserverb.sh &

I assume that you have run both the startup scripts manually without any issue.

Have you tried switching the order and seeing it the same problem occurs?

[dmlloyd]

Alternately you can try running via setsid(1) if nohup doesn't work out.

[ed.larkin]

here is what i have tried since your post.

nohup /home/user/scripts/startservera.sh &

sleep 15

nohup /home/mdfuser/scripts/startserverb.sh &

still does not exit.

in the start script itself i used nohup and got the same results.

I tried to start one server

with ampersand

nohup /home/user/scripts/startservera.sh &

whithout

nohup /home/user/scripts/startservera.sh

[ed.larkin]

Tried setsid and get the same results....

[user@serverp scripts]$ ssh [e-mail] 'setsid /home/user/scripts/build/startem.sh logout'

==================================================================

Server starting. See logs for more details

find logs at ~/logs/server.log

==================================================================

+ JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk

+ export JAVA_HOME

+ JBOSS_HOME=/opt/jboss/

+ export JBOSS_HOME

+ /home/user/scripts/startserverb.sh

+ exit

If i shut down the server, i will finally get the exit from ssh.

[ed.larkin]

Fixed.

Removed the nohup, redirect, and ampersand from the startup script

Run ssh with this nohup /home/user/scripts/startservera.sh >> servera.out 2>&1 &

Thank you all for your suggestions.