Add option to run server in the background.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/server/config.py b/server/config.py
index d50d4d7..f693468 100644
--- a/server/config.py
+++ b/server/config.py
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ class AliasConfigParser(ConfigParser.RawConfigParser):
         self.host = self.get("component", "host")
         self.secret = self.get("component", "secret")
         self.port = self.getint("component", "port")
+        self.background = self.get("component", "background")
 
 config = AliasConfigParser()
diff --git a/server/server.py b/server/server.py
index d802436..3c80da8 100755
--- a/server/server.py
+++ b/server/server.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from sleekxmpp.xmlstream.xmlstream import XMLStream
 
 from user import UserHandler
 from config import filename, config
+import daemon
+
 
 class ObjectComponent(ComponentXMPP):
 
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                              default = logging.INFO)
     commandline.add_argument('-o', '--host',
                              help = 'Host to connect to')
+    commandline.add_argument('-b', '--background',
+                             help = 'run the server in the background',
+                             action = 'store_true')
 
     args = commandline.parse_args()
 
@@ -81,15 +86,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         config.secret = args.secret
         config.root = args.root
         config.host = args.host
+        config.background = args.background
     else:
         filename = args.config
         logging.basicConfig(level = args.debug)
         config.read(filename)
 
+with daemon.DaemonContext(detach_process=True,pid="alias_server.pid"):
     component = ObjectComponent(config.name, config.secret,
                                 config.host, config.port,
                                 config.root)
-
     if component.connect():
         logging.info('Component {} connected'.format(component.boundjid))
         component.process(False)