daemon.markdown

-## Running as a daemon ##
+# Running as a daemon #
 
-To run Tap as a daemon you are encouraged to use supervisor.
+To run Tap as a daemon you are encouraged to use supervisor. (Doesn't work natively under windows. You should use cygwin.)
 
-The __supervisord.conf file is there to serve as a sample configuration file for supervisor. You can use it if you find it sufficient. Copy and edit it to change the query.
+Here is a sample supervisord.conf file for running tap
 
 ```bash
-cp __supervisord.conf supervisord.conf
-vi supervisord.conf
+; Sample supervisor config file for daemonizing the twitter search to mongodb software
+
+[inet_http_server]          ; inet (TCP) server disabled by default
+port=127.0.0.1:9001         ; (ip_address:port specifier, *:port for all iface)
+username=manorastroman      ; (default is no username (open server))
+password=kingofthedragonmen ; (default is no password (open server))
+
+[supervisord]
+stopsignal=INT
+logfile=supervisord.log      ; (main log file;default $CWD/supervisord.log)
+logfile_maxbytes=50MB        ; (max main logfile bytes b4 rotation;default 50MB)
+logfile_backups=10           ; (num of main logfile rotation backups;default 10)
+loglevel=info                ; (log level;default info; others: debug,warn,trace)
+pidfile=supervisord.pid      ; (supervisord pidfile;default supervisord.pid)
+nodaemon=false               ; (start in foreground if true;default false)
+minfds=1024                  ; (min. avail startup file descriptors;default 1024)
+minprocs=200                 ; (min. avail process descriptors;default 200)
+
+[rpcinterface:supervisor]
+supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface
+
+[supervisorctl]
+serverurl=http://127.0.0.1:9001 ; use an http:// url to specify an inet socket
+username=manorastroman       ; should be same as http_username if set
+password=kingofthedragonmen  ; should be same as http_password if set
+
+[program:tap]
+command=tap --consumer-key CONSUMERKEY --consumer-secret CONSUMERSECRET -q "janez kranjc" -v DEBUG
+stdout_logfile=tap.log
+stderr_logfile=tap_err.log
+autostart=true
+autorestart=true
+startsecs=10
+stopwaitsecs=10
 ```
 
 Afterwards you can start the daemon like this (you must be in the same folder as supervisord.conf or your supervisord.conf must be /etc/)