gns3-server/gns3server/main.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Copyright (C) 2015 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
#
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"""
Entry point of the server. It's support daemonize the process
"""

# WARNING
# Due to buggy user machines we choose to put this as the first loading
# otherwise the egg cache is initialized in his standard location and
# if is not writetable the application crash. It's the user fault
# because one day the user as used sudo to run an egg and break his
# filesystem permissions, but it's a common mistake.
import gns3server.utils.get_resource

import os
import sys

# To avoid strange bug later we switch the event loop before any other operation
if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
    import asyncio
    # use the Proactor event loop on Windows
    loop = asyncio.ProactorEventLoop()
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)


def daemonize():
    """
    Do the UNIX double-fork magic for properly detaching process
    """
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            # Exit first parent
            sys.exit(0)
    except OSError as e:
        print("First fork failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror), file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    # Decouple from parent environment
    os.setsid()
    os.umask(0o007)

    # Do second fork
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            # Exit from second parent
            sys.exit(0)
    except OSError as e:
        print("Second fork failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror), file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)


def main():
    """
    Entry point for GNS3 server
    """

    if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
        if "--daemon" in sys.argv:
            daemonize()
    from gns3server.run import run
    run()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()