Erlang start application in production

Question

When I\'m testing my erlang application on localhost, I have a script that starts the server that looks like the following:

#!/bin/sh
PWD=\"$(pwd)\"
NAME=\"$(bas         


        

Answer 1

Sounds like you want to use a custom boot script. A boot script tells the erlang system what to start. In the script you're using, you're setting the boot script with:

-boot start_sasl

http://www.erlang.org/doc/system_principles/system_principles.html, look for the section "User-Defined Boot Scripts"

An easier option may be to convert your application to use rebar: https://github.com/basho/rebar. You would then be able to do the following:

./rebar compile generate

This will create a release for the application, allowing you to then:

./rel//bin/

Same principles, just all wrapped up for easy use.