[c] Creating a daemon in Linux

Daemon Template

I wrote a daemon template following the new-style daemon: link

You can find the entire template code on GitHub: here

Main.cpp

// This function will be called when the daemon receive a SIGHUP signal.
void reload() {
    LOG_INFO("Reload function called.");
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    // The Daemon class is a singleton to avoid be instantiate more than once
    Daemon& daemon = Daemon::instance();
    // Set the reload function to be called in case of receiving a SIGHUP signal
    daemon.setReloadFunction(reload);
    // Daemon main loop
    int count = 0;
    while(daemon.IsRunning()) {
        LOG_DEBUG("Count: ", count++);
        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
    }
    LOG_INFO("The daemon process ended gracefully.");
}

Daemon.hpp

class Daemon {
    public:

    static Daemon& instance() {
        static Daemon instance;
        return instance;
    }

    void setReloadFunction(std::function<void()> func);

    bool IsRunning();

    private:

    std::function<void()> m_reloadFunc;
    bool m_isRunning;
    bool m_reload;

    Daemon();
    Daemon(Daemon const&) = delete;
    void operator=(Daemon const&) = delete;

    void Reload();

    static void signalHandler(int signal);
};

Daemon.cpp

Daemon::Daemon() {
    m_isRunning = true;
    m_reload = false;
    signal(SIGINT, Daemon::signalHandler);
    signal(SIGTERM, Daemon::signalHandler);
    signal(SIGHUP, Daemon::signalHandler);
}

void Daemon::setReloadFunction(std::function<void()> func) {
    m_reloadFunc = func;
}

bool Daemon::IsRunning() {
    if (m_reload) {
        m_reload = false;
        m_reloadFunc();
    }
    return m_isRunning;
}

void Daemon::signalHandler(int signal) {
    LOG_INFO("Interrup signal number [", signal,"] recived.");
    switch(signal) {
        case SIGINT:
        case SIGTERM: {
            Daemon::instance().m_isRunning = false;
            break;
        }
        case SIGHUP: {
            Daemon::instance().m_reload = true;
            break;
        }
    }
}

daemon-template.service

[Unit]
Description=Simple daemon template
After=network.taget

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/daemon-template --conf_file /etc/daemon-template/daemon-tenplate.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
User=root
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=daemon-template

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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