Hello I was wondering what the recommended set up was for ru

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Hello I was wondering what the recommended set up was for running the prefer core server unattended on a virtual machine The `prefect server` CLI does not seem to support a daemonized mode Is there some standard way to use the docker compose config to run the core server using something like Docker Swarm

Matt Segal · Answer

I guess I could use this somehow <https github com PrefectHQ prefect blob master server docker docker compose yml>

Matt Segal · Answer

and then just kind of hack in the values I want as done here <https github com PrefectHQ prefect blob 840c7aec1eaa9d0d93f38949918bf4b69ddb5897 src prefect cli server py L194>

Matt Segal · Answer

Is there a less DIY way to get a prefect core server running unattended on a Linux VM

Matt Segal · Answer

I d prefer to use whatever methods that are supported so that I can upgrade my core server in the future without having to worry about future Prefect codebase changes breaking a more custom method

nicholas · Answer

Hi < Matt Segal> my recommendation would be to use something like `nohup` So when starting Prefect Server it would be ```nohup prefect server start gt dev null 2 gt $1 amp ```

nicholas · Answer

the ` gt dev null 2 gt $1` will prevent the quite noisy output from writing to a `nohup` file and the ` amp ` on the end will detach the process from the terminal

Matt Segal · Answer

Thanks for the advice Nicholas I can t say that it s my favourite method for running something on a server I expect it will run fine though since it s been packaged so nicely I don t think `docker compose up` will restart a container if it crashes though I get the impression that the Prefect Core server is really just for playing around on your local machine rather than something that you would run in anger in a prod environment For example if I were to use this for my production workflows I would want to be able to see server logs which are currently all written to stdout

Matt Segal · Answer

After some thought I will build my own docker compose and run that using Docker Swarm