Daemons

Generality

Daemon is a common term when you use Linux kernel operating systems. It is a program that runs in the background like services on Windows, and can be turned on and off automatically without affecting the user interface. You can use it to run queues, websockets, laravel-echo-server, ... FlashPanel uses Supervisor to run your command and ensure it continues to work

Daemon configuration

You can set up a script daemon via the server's Daemon tab. Steps to configure a daemon script:

1. At the Daemon tab > Select New Daemon

2. Fill in the script information you want to set up:

   • Command: Command to run. For example: php artisan queue:work
   • User: System user used to invoke the command, default flashvps will be used
   • Directory: Directory to run your command from. This field can be left blank.
   • Number Processes: This option determines the number of instances of the process that will continue to run

3. Select Save

After the script daemon is successfully created, you will be able to easily perform some operations on the script as follows:

Log files

FlashPanel automatically configures your daemon to write to the log file. The logs can be found in the /home/flashvps/.flashvps/ directory. The log files are named daemon-*.log. If the daemon script is run with the system user root, the log file will be saved at /root/.flashvps/.

WARNING

If you are using the user isolation feature of FlashPanel, you should navigate to the .flashvps folder in the /home/{username} directory based on the user the daemon belongs to. belongs to locate the log file.