Stopping Content server from command line

dcoulombe · 03-24-2020, 10:41 PM

Hello,

I am running a book server on a Raspberry Pi 4. I am using the following line on CRONTAB to start the server on boot.

@reboot /usr/bin/calibre-server --access-log /home/pi/LOG/access.log --log /home/pi/LOG/oper.log --daemonize --port 8080

It works great so far, except when I want to stop the content server for maintenance or other stuff. I spend much time trying to find the command to STOP it, but could not find anything close. So the simple question is: how can I stop the content server from the command line appropriate for CALIBRE-SERVER ? As it stands now, I comment the startup line in crontab, and reboot to finally have access to calibre for maintenance... Somewhat of a pain!

Thanks for any help.

kovidgoyal · 03-24-2020, 11:34 PM

Send it SIGINT or SIGTERM with the kill command just like you would for any daemon. Add the --pidfile option and use

kill `cat /path/to/pidfile`

dcoulombe · 03-25-2020, 11:46 AM

Thanks a lot, Kovid... I got it working!

Have a nice day!

03-24-2020, 10:41 PM	#1
dcoulombe Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kobo H2O	Stopping Content server from command line Hello, I am running a book server on a Raspberry Pi 4. I am using the following line on CRONTAB to start the server on boot. @reboot /usr/bin/calibre-server --access-log /home/pi/LOG/access.log --log /home/pi/LOG/oper.log --daemonize --port 8080 It works great so far, except when I want to stop the content server for maintenance or other stuff. I spend much time trying to find the command to STOP it, but could not find anything close. So the simple question is: how can I stop the content server from the command line appropriate for CALIBRE-SERVER ? As it stands now, I comment the startup line in crontab, and reboot to finally have access to calibre for maintenance... Somewhat of a pain! Thanks for any help.

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03-24-2020, 11:34 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Send it SIGINT or SIGTERM with the kill command just like you would for any daemon. Add the --pidfile option and use kill `cat /path/to/pidfile`

03-25-2020, 11:46 AM	#3
dcoulombe Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kobo H2O	Thanks a lot, Kovid... I got it working! Have a nice day!