ella

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ella

ella is a simple process manager for running and managing services.

Installation

• Arch Linux (AUR): available as ella
• macOS (Homebrew): brew install thekhanj/ella/ella
• Other platforms: download from GitHub releases

Build

Before building, install the required tools:

go install github.com/atombender/go-jsonschema@latest
go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer@latest

Then, to build and install:

make
sudo make install

Usage

Check help or man page:

ella -h
man ella

Run ella:

ella run [-c ella.json] [starting-services...]

Example Config (ella.json):

{
  "$schema": "...",
  "services": [
    {
      "name": "service1",
      "process": {
        "exec": "sh -c 'for i in $(seq 5); do echo \"service1 running $i\"; sleep 1; done'"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Manage services:

ella start [-c ella.json] [services...]
ella stop [-c ella.json] [services...]
ella restart [-c ella.json] [services...]
ella reload [-c ella.json] [services...]