Running multiple scripts at the same time in background - VPS with AWS EC2 and Python Intro to AWS

TL;DR

Learn how to run multiple scripts simultaneously in a VPS web server by using background running and foreground bringing commands.

Transcript

what's going on guys welcome to I think the fifth AWS or just uh VPS web server tutorial where we left off I was just showing you guys that you it's kind of hard to run these two things simultaneously so how do we actually run them um at the same time as each other what you can do is uh say you want to do uh python running 2. Pi you can run it in t... Read More

Key Insights

• 🏃 Running multiple scripts simultaneously in a VPS web server can be achieved by using background running and foreground bringing commands.
• 🏃 The "&" symbol is used to run a script in the background, while the "FG" command brings background-running scripts to the foreground.
• 🏃 The "Ctrl+C" keyboard interrupt can be used to stop foreground-running scripts without affecting background-running scripts.
• 🎮 Printing output to the console can be avoided by not including console printing in the script or using a separate log file.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Running multiple scripts simultaneously in a VPS web server can be challenging, but it can be achieved by using background running and foreground bringing commands.

• By running a script in the background using the "&" symbol, it will continue to run while allowing you to execute other scripts in the foreground.

• You can bring background-running scripts to the foreground by using the "FG" command and stop them using the "Ctrl+C" keyboard interrupt.