Run java jar file on a server as background process

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I need to run a java jar in server in order to communicate between two applications  I have written two shell scripts to run it  but once I start up that script I can t shut down   terminate the process  If I press ctrl C or close the console  the server will shut down  Could anyone help me how to modify this script to run as a normal server       bin sh java -jar  web server jar echo       gt  startupApp pid

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Run in background and add logs to log file using the following   nohup java -jar  web server jar  gt  log log 2 gt  amp 1  amp

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If you re using Ubuntu and have  Upstart   http   upstart ubuntu com   you can try this   Create  var init yourservice conf  with the following content  description  Your Java Service    author  You     start on runlevel  3    stop on shutdown    expect fork    script          cd  web      java -jar server jar  gt  var log yourservice log 2 gt  amp 1       emit yourservice running   end script     Now you can issue the service yourservice start and service yourservice stop commands  You can tail  var log yourservice log to verify that it s working   If you just want to run your jar from the console without it hogging the console window  you can just do   java -jar  web server jar  gt   var log yourservice log 2 gt  amp 1

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You can try this      bin sh nohup java -jar  web server jar  amp    The  amp  symbol  switches the program to run in the background   The nohup utility makes the command passed as an argument run in the background even after you log out

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Systemd which now runs in the majority of distros  Step 1   Find your user defined services mine was at  usr lib systemd system   Step 2   Create a text file with your favorite text editor name it whatever you want service    Step 3   Put following  Template to the file whatever you want service   Unit  Description webserver Daemon   Service  ExecStart  usr bin java -jar  web server jar User user   Install  WantedBy multi-user target   Step 4   Run your service as super user      systemctl start whatever you want service   starts the service   systemctl enable whatever you want service   auto starts the service   systemctl disable whatever you want service   stops autostart   systemctl stop whatever you want service   stops the service   systemctl restart whatever you want service   restarts the service

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