CommandBox : CLI, Package Manager, REPL & More
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Introduction
About This Book
Authors
Overview
Release History
Getting Started Guide
Setup
Usage
IDE Integrations
Config Settings
Embedded Server
Multi-Engine Support
Server Versions
Start HTML Server
Offline Server Starts
Debugging Server Starts
Server Processes
Manage Servers
FusionReactor
Server Logs
Configuring Your Server
External Web Server
Starting as a Service
Single Server Mode
Server.json
Package Management
Task Runners
Helpful Commands
Deploying CommandBox
TestBox Integration
Developing For CommandBox
ForgeBox Enterprise
Introduction
Storage
Commands
Usage
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Starting as a Service
When using CommandBox on a staging or production server, you may wish to start up servers as a service when the OS comes online. The recommended approach is to use the CommandBox Service Manager Module, which is a commercial module that handles all major operating systems (Linux, Mac, Windows) automatically.
CommandBox Service Manager
See screencast here:
CommandBox Service Manager
Alternatively, you can manually do so following one of these community guides.

Windows

See screencast here: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/screencast-starting-commandbox-servers-as-a-windows-service​

MacOS

Coming soon...

CentOS/RHEL/Ubuntu (system.d)

Create a .service file
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nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/mySite.service
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as follows:
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[Unit]
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Description=mySite Service
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[Service]
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ExecStart=/usr/bin/box server start /var/www/mySiteAPI/server.json
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Type=forking
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Start the service
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systemctl start mySite.service
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Give the service about a minute to load up, then check its status
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systemctl status mySite.service
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Once you've verified the service is running as expected, enable the service to load at boot
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systemctl enable mySite.service
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