How can I run a service-based command after the build process in gitlab-ci.yml?
For example, i'd like to run:
php artisan queue:listen --timeout=0 &
The issue is the build runs perpetually and does not finish as it waits for the results of this command (even though this command never finishes).
Is there anyway I can run it as a background task? I tried nohup with no luck.
As mentioned here:
Process started with Runner, even if you add
nohupand&at the end, is marked with process group ID.
When the job is finished, the Runner is sending a kill signal to the whole process group.
So any process started directly from CI job will be terminated at job end.
Using a systenter code hereemd service (as in this same page) remains an option, if you control the target server.
With VonC's help - this is the approach I took.
I use Alpine Linux so slightly different to the link he provided, but same approach.
I created a file in /etc/init.d and gave it chmod +x permissions.
With the following contents:
#!/sbin/openrc-run
command="php /var/www/artisan queue:listen"
command_args="--timeout=0"
command_background=true
pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
I then ran it with rc-service laravel-queue start within the gitlab-ci configuration file.