javactl

YAML-Configurable Java Application Wrapper

Features

Launch your Java application more safely, explicitly, and flexibly!

This script does ...

• (before the launch)

  • Load settings from a YAML file
  • Verify the OS user name and Java version
  • Check if the application has already been running when duplicate running is prohibited
  • Execute pre-launch commands
  • Log to syslog

• Launch the Java application with the proper options

• (after the launch)

  • Log to syslog
  • Execute post-launch commands

Dependencies

• Python: 2.6 / 2.7 / 3.2 / 3.3 / 3.4
• pyyaml
• six

Installation

• pip command may require sudo

• Then, write your configuration to the file your-app.yml.

See the example below.

Configuration Example

See this example.

Now Launch Your Application

• Dry-run mode

javactl --check /path/to/your-app.yml

• Launch the java application

javactl /path/to/your-app.yml

• Launch with arguments

javactl /path/to/your-app.yml --option-for-your-app arg1 arg2

That's it!