I implemented it for starting memcached in development mode only. You could use the technique explained in the next post, to start/stop in any environment.

You shouldn’t need to hook into vlad, since it will automatically start on rails initialization.

I can’t wait to see your followon posting.. Does this integrate nicely into your deployment scripts? I am using Vlad and I have a special commands to start up background rb:

remote_task :start_app, :roles => :app do
run “cd #{current_path}; ./script/backgroundrb start -e production”
end

desc “Stop the backgroundrb server”
remote_task :stop_app, :roles => :app do
run “cd #{current_path}; ./script/backgroundrb stop”
end