develop_server.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
##
# This section should match your Makefile
##
PY=python
PELICAN=pelican
PELICANOPTS=

BASEDIR=$(pwd)
INPUTDIR=$BASEDIR/content
OUTPUTDIR=$BASEDIR/output
CONFFILE=$BASEDIR/conf_develop.py

###
# Don't change stuff below here unless you are sure
###

SRV_PID=$BASEDIR/srv.pid
SRV_LOG=$BASEDIR/srv.log
PELICAN_PID=$BASEDIR/pelican.pid
PELICAN_LOG=$BASEDIR/pelican.log

function usage(){
  echo "usage: $0 (stop) (start) (restart)"
  echo "This starts pelican in debug and reload mode and then launches"
  echo "A pelican.server to help site development. It doesn't read"
  echo "your pelican options so you edit any paths in your Makefile"
  echo "you will need to edit it as well"
  exit 3
}

function alive() {
  kill -0 $1 >/dev/null 2>&1
}

function shut_down(){
  PID=$(cat $SRV_PID)
  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
    if alive $PID; then
      echo "Killing pelican.server"
      kill $PID
    else
      echo "Stale PID, deleting"
    fi
    rm $SRV_PID
  else
    echo "pelican.server PIDFile not found"
  fi

  PID=$(cat $PELICAN_PID)
  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
    if alive $PID; then
      echo "Killing Pelican"
      kill $PID
    else
      echo "Stale PID, deleting"
    fi
    rm $PELICAN_PID
  else
    echo "Pelican PIDFile not found"
  fi
}

function start_up(){
  echo "Starting up Pelican and pelican.server"
  shift
  $PELICAN --debug --autoreload -r $INPUTDIR -o $OUTPUTDIR -s $CONFFILE $PELICANOPTS >> $PELICAN_LOG 2>&1 &
  pelican_pid=$!
  echo $pelican_pid > $PELICAN_PID
  cd $OUTPUTDIR
  $PY -m pelican.server >> $SRV_LOG 2>&1 &
  srv_pid=$!
  echo $srv_pid > $SRV_PID
  cd $BASEDIR
  sleep 1
  if ! alive $pelican_pid ; then
    echo "Pelican didn't start. Is the pelican package installed?"
    return 1
  elif ! alive $srv_pid ; then
    echo "pelican.server didn't start. Is the pelican package installed?"
    return 1
  fi
  echo 'Pelican and pelican.server processes now running in background.'
}

###
#  MAIN
###
[[ $# -ne 1 ]] && usage
if [[ $1 == "stop" ]]; then
  shut_down
elif [[ $1 == "restart" ]]; then
  shut_down
  start_up
elif [[ $1 == "start" ]]; then
  if ! start_up; then
    shut_down
  fi
else
  usage
fi