Merge pull request newrelic#34 from jamsi/master

Run newrelic_aws in a daemon

Gemfile

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gem 'newrelic_plugin', '~> 1.3.0'
 gem 'nokogiri', '<= 1.5.9'
 gem 'aws-sdk', '~> 1.24.0'
+gem 'daemons'

README.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ This tool provides the metric collection agents for the following New Relic plug
 
 ## Configuration
 
-This plugin is configured through the `config/newrelic_plugin.yml` file. It requires: 
+This plugin is configured through the `config/newrelic_plugin.yml` file. It requires:
 
 - a New Relic license key that can be found at https://rpm.newrelic.com/extensions/com.newrelic.aws.ec2
 - an AWS Access Key
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ You can use services like these to manage this process.
 - [Runit](http://smarden.org/runit/)
 - [Monit](http://mmonit.com/monit/)
 
+## Or run it as a daemon
+The provided daemon.rb file allows newrelic_aws to run as a daemon.
+
+    chmod +x bin/daemon
+    bundle exec bin/daemon start
+    bundle exec bin/daemon stop
+
 ## For support
 Plugin support and troubleshooting assistance can be obtained by visiting [support.newrelic.com](https://support.newrelic.com)
 

bin/daemon

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+#
+# Start
+# - bundle exec bin/daemon start
+#
+# Stop
+# - bundle exec bin/daemon stop
+#
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'daemons'
+
+pwd  = File.join(File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)), "../")
+Daemons.run('bin/newrelic_aws', :dir_mode => :normal, :dir => pwd)

bin/newrelic_aws

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ unless $:.include?(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/')
   $: << File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib'
 end
 
+Dir.chdir(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../"))
+
 STDOUT.sync = true
 
 require 'newrelic_aws'