Daemonizing python's BaseHTTPServer

Question

I am working on a daemon where I need to embed a HTTP server. I am attempting to do it with BaseHTTPServer, which when I run it in the foreground, it works fine, but when I tr

Answer 1

Just use daemontools or some other similar script instead of rolling your own daemonizing process. It is much better to keep this off your script.

Also, your best option: Don't use BaseHTTPServer. It is really bad. There are many good HTTP servers for python, i.e. cherrypy or paste. Both includes ready-to-use daemonizing scripts.