Using forever.js with Python

Question

Two questions:

• Is there a Python equivalent to forever.js to run a Python process in the background without requiring sudo?
• Is it possible to use forever.js with Python? How about with a virtualenv?

Answer 1

It is easy to use Python with forever.js:

forever start -c python python_script.py 

To use it with virtualenv is a little bit more complicated, I did it using a bash script (call it python_virtualenv):

#!/bin/bash # Script to run a Python file using the local virtualenv source bin/activate bin/python $@ 

Now use that script with forever:

forever start -c ./python_virtualenv python_script.py