[erlang-questions] How to stop a detached OTP app?

[Mazen Harake]

  I would also recommend adding the -hidden flag for the temporary node 
in case the node you are connecting to is part of a cluster otherwise 
funny things could happen.

/Mazen

On 20/08/2010 23:36, Ulf Wiger wrote:
> Or, if you really want to set the controller node name
> automatically:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env escript
> %% -*- erlang -*-
>
> main([Me, N]) ->
>     {ok, _} = net_kernel:start([list_to_atom(Me), longnames]),
>     Res = rpc:call(list_to_atom(N), init, stop, []),
>     io:fwrite("==> ~p~n", [Res]).
>
>
> You could complement it with net tick time and cookie settings.
>
> http://www.erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2008-April/034357.html
>
> BR,
> Ulf W
>
> Ulf Wiger wrote:
>>
>> How about this?
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env escript
>> %% -*- erlang -*-
>> %%! -name ctl
>>
>> main([N]) ->
>>     Res = rpc:call(list_to_atom(N), init, stop, []),
>>     io:fwrite("==> ~p~n", [Res]).
>>
>> It worked for me.
>>
>> Call it with e.g. ./stop thenode@REDACTED
>>
>> BR,
>> Ulf W
>>
>> Armando Di Cianno wrote:
>>> I'm most certainly doing something braindead, which is stopping me
>>> from being able to nicely stop an OTP app I've written.
>>>
>>> I've written a script to help me start, stop, and connect to the app
>>> for debugging purposes. However, no variation of 'stop' I've tried
>>> seems to work.
>>>
>>> Here's the script:
>>> ### start
>>> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>>>
>>> USER="myuser"
>>> APP="myapp"
>>> HOSTNAME=`hostname -f`
>>> NODE="${APP}@${HOSTNAME}"
>>> RELEASE_PATH="/usr/local/lib/${APP}"
>>> HOME="/var/lib/${APP}"
>>> LOG_PATH="/var/log/${APP}"
>>>
>>> case "$1" in
>>>     "start")
>>>         su ${USER} -p -c \
>>>             "erl -pa ${RELEASE_PATH}/ebin -name ${NODE} -boot ${APP} 
>>> -mnesia
>>> dir '\"${HOME}\"' -sasl sasl_error_logger '{file,
>>> \"${LOG_PATH}/erlang.log\"}' -detached"
>>>         ;;
>>>     "stop")
>>>         su ${USER} -p -c \
>>>             "erl -pa ${RELEASE_PATH}/ebin -name ctl_${NODE} -remsh 
>>> ${NODE}
>>> -eval \"init:stop()\" -noshell"
>>>         ;;
>>>     "debug")
>>>         echo "*** Use Ctrl-C Ctrl-C to exit. ***"
>>>         su ${USER} -p -c \
>>>             "erl -pa ${RELEASE_PATH}/ebin -name ctl_${NODE} -remsh 
>>> ${NODE}"
>>>         ;;
>>>     *)
>>>         echo "Please use 'start', 'stop', or 'debug."
>>>         exit 1
>>>         ;;
>>> esac
>>>
>>> exit 0
>>> ### end
>>>
>>> For stopping, I've tried:
>>> * erl -pa ${RELEASE_PATH}/ebin -name ctl_${NODE} -remsh ${NODE} -eval
>>> "init:stop()"
>>> * erl -pa ${RELEASE_PATH}/ebin -name ctl_${NODE} -remsh ${NODE} -s 
>>> init stop
>>> * erl -pa ${RELEASE_PATH}/ebin -name ctl_${NODE} -remsh ${NODE} -s
>>> ${APP} -extra stop  #where I've added some command arg processing to
>>> the app
>>> ... and some other variantions.
>>>
>>> If I connect to the app using the debug mode of my script, and issue
>>> init:stop(), everything shuts down nicely.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any insights into this. Cheers,
>>> __armando
>>>
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>>
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