How can I get spring-boot to run forever on ubuntu?

Question

I\'m trying to run spring-boot on a vm and have nginx proxy all request towards it. I\'ve got this working but when I run:

Answer 1

To run a command even after You logout you can use nohup command.

nohup stands for "no hangup." nohup is a POSIX command to ignore the hangup signal. The hangup signal is, by convention, the way a terminal warns dependent processes of logout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nohup

http://linux.101hacks.com/unix/nohup-command/

Your command will look somewhat like

nohup mvn spring-boot:run &

Answer 2

If you are running you application in ubuntu, you can use nohup and & to run your process in background. It is simple and I hope it will solve your problem

nohup mvn spring-boot:run &

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/nohup-execute-commands-after-you-exit-from-a-shell-prompt.html