Run python in terminal and don't terminate when terminal is closed

Question

I need to make static website. So I connected via ssh to some local server, where I want to make a static website. Then I used python to make it work:

$ python -m http.server 55550

But if I close terminal, then python program is terminated. I want to shut down my computer, but I want to let this process running on that local server, so other people could still access that website.

How can I do this? After that, how should I terminate that process later?

Thanks for any help

this is probably better on the superuser, but you should look int making it a daemon (using your os's facilities for do that), but based on the shell prompt you can try `nohup` using something `nohup python -m SimpleHTTPServer 55550` will make that not respond to hup and continue to run if the term proc goes away. — Doon, Sep 04 '13 at 13:07

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 29 '17 at 00:22

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Use the nohup shell builtin:

nohup python -m http.server 55550

To terminate the process, simply kill it using the kill command, just like any other process.

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answered Sep 04 '13 at 13:09

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score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 29 '17 at 00:22

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you can also launch it in background

python -m http.server 55550 &

then enter

disown

to detach the process to the current term

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answered Sep 04 '13 at 13:10

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python -m SimpleHTTPServer 55550 & disown it allowed me to enter more commands in that terminal, but it dont work after I exit ssh – Entity Black Sep 04 '13 at 13:16
It should as I do it everyday with many others process I launch ;) You may miss something. :/ – Sep 04 '13 at 13:25
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@Windkiller [disown vs nohup](http://www.zzrevi.com/q/answers-difference-between-nohup-disown-and-3886.html) ;) – Sep 04 '13 at 13:37
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Interesting, but problem remains. Once I exit ssh and connection is closed, my proceses die with disown... – Entity Black Sep 04 '13 at 13:56
you are sure that before exiting the ssh connection your enter disown just after having enter `python -m SimpleHTTPServer 55550 &` ? – Sep 04 '13 at 13:58
Im very sure. This server isnt mine. Maybe there is some daemon that collects and terminates some kind of processes... ? – Entity Black Sep 04 '13 at 14:16

thinker3 · Answer 3 · 2013-09-04T13:18:58.387

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screen
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 55550 &
press ctrl+a, then press d
exit

shutdown your computer
...
start your computer
ssh your server
screen -r

edited Sep 04 '13 at 13:18

answered Sep 04 '13 at 13:10

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if you shutdown the computer the screen process will halt too ... – Sep 04 '13 at 13:11
@FoxMaSk: the server will not – thinker3 Sep 04 '13 at 13:14
you didnt detach the screen before so the exit will end the python process, you need to do crtl-D to detach the screen ; then you can do exit, dont you ? – Sep 04 '13 at 13:17
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@FoxMaSk: not used for several weeks, added – thinker3 Sep 04 '13 at 13:23

Run python in terminal and don't terminate when terminal is closed

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