Daemon是长时间运行的进程，通常在系统启动后就运行，在系统关闭时才结束。一般说Daemon程序在后台运行，是因为它没有控制终端，无法和前台的用户交互。Daemon程序一般都作为服务程序使用，等待客户端程序与它通信。我们也把运行的Daemon程序称作守护进程。本文用Python对守护进程进行了一种实现。

父类：

# !/usr/bin/python
#encoding:utf-8
# pylint: disable = C1001
# pylint: disable = C0111
# pylint: disable = C0103
#@description:一个python守护进程的例子
#@tags:python,daemon
import sys
import os
import time
import atexit
from signal import SIGTERM

class Daemon:
    """
    A generic daemon class.
    Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method
    """
    def __init__(self, pidfile, stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'):
        self.stdin = stdin
        self.stdout = stdout
        self.stderr = stderr
        self.pidfile = pidfile

    def daemonize(self):
        """
        do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
        Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
        http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16
        """
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                # exit first parent
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError, e:
            sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
            sys.exit(1)

        # decouple from parent environment
        os.chdir("/")
        os.setsid()
        os.umask(0)

        # do second fork
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                # exit from second parent
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError, e:
            sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
            sys.exit(1)

        # redirect standard file descriptors
        sys.stdout.flush()
        sys.stderr.flush()
        si = file(self.stdin, 'r')
        so = file(self.stdout, 'a+')
        se = file(self.stderr, 'a+', 0)
        os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
        os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
        os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())

        # write pidfile
        atexit.register(self.delpid)
        pid = str(os.getpid())
        file(self.pidfile, 'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)

    def delpid(self):
        os.remove(self.pidfile)

    def start(self):
        """
        Start the daemon
        """
        # Check for a pidfile to see if the daemon already runs
        try:
            pf = file(self.pidfile, 'r')
            pid = int(pf.read().strip())
            pf.close()
        except IOError:
            pid = None

        if pid:
            message = "pidfile %s already exist. Daemon already running?\n"
            sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
            sys.exit(1)

        # Start the daemon
        self.daemonize()
        self.run()

    def stop(self):
        """
        Stop the daemon
        """
        # Get the pid from the pidfile
        try:
            pf = file(self.pidfile, 'r')
            pid = int(pf.read().strip())
            pf.close()
        except IOError:
            pid = None

        if not pid:
            message = "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
            sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
            return # not an error in a restart

        # Try killing the daemon process
        try:
            while 1:
                os.kill(pid, SIGTERM)
                time.sleep(0.1)
        except OSError, err:
            err = str(err)
            if err.find("No such process") > 0:
                if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
                    os.remove(self.pidfile)
            else:
                print str(err)
                sys.exit(1)

    def restart(self):
        """
        Restart the daemon
        """
        self.stop()
        self.start()

    def run(self):
        """
        You should override this method when you subclass Daemon.
        It will be called after the process has been daemonized by start() or restart().
        """

实现类：

# !/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# pylint: disable = C0111
# pylint: disable = C0103
#@description:一个python守护进程的例子
#@tags:python,daemon

import sys
import git
from itty import run_itty
from itty import post
from daemon import Daemon

GIT_DIR = '/var/www/html/youngytj.github.io'

@post('/')
def index(request):
    # Todo:handle differernt case
    # webhook = json.loads(request.body)
    g = git.cmd.Git(GIT_DIR)
    g.pull()

class Hook(object):

    def run(self):
        run_itty(server='wsgiref', host='0.0.0.0', port=4001)

class SelfDaemon(Daemon):
    def run(self):
        hook = Hook()
        hook.run()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    daemon = SelfDaemon('/var/run/cloudservices.pid')
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        if  sys.argv[1] == 'start':
            daemon.start()
        elif sys.argv[1] == 'stop':
            daemon.stop()
        elif sys.argv[1] == 'restart':
            daemon.restart()
        else:
            print "Unknown command"
            sys.exit(2)
        sys.exit(0)
    else:
        print "usage: %s start|stop|restart" % sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(2)

在/etc/rc.local中添加：/usr/bin/python /root/scripts/cloudservices.py start作为开机启动项。