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Wei Hong Ho

04/27/2023, 5:54 PM
hi all, I am hosting prefect cloud on an ubuntu ec2 instance. is it possible to run
prefect agent
in the background? and redirect standard error and output to a log file? something like nohup >> logs
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i am using prefect v2 if it matters
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Bianca Hoch

04/27/2023, 6:08 PM
Hello Wei, to run the Prefect agent in the background on an Ubuntu EC2 instance, I believe you can use a systemd service. Here's a brief overview of the process: 1. Install Prefect (if you haven't already):
pip install prefect
2. Set up Prefect to connect to the server or Prefect Cloud by following the appropriate instructions in this guide. 3. Create a systemd service file for the Prefect agent, and set the
ExecStart
directive to point to the Prefect agent command, like this:
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prefect agent start -q YOUR_WORK_QUEUE_NAME
If you're using a virtual environment, you'll need to adjust the
ExecStart
path to point to the
prefect
executable within your virtual environment's
bin
subdirectory.
As far as streaming logs to a file, I think this article may help you get there.
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Wei Hong Ho

04/27/2023, 6:15 PM
omg really thanks a lot. let me read through all these and let you know if i have any problems
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